Race condition in the rmtree function in File::Path 1.08 (lib/File/Path.pm) in Perl 5.8.8 allows local users to to delete arbitrary files…

Description

Race condition in the rmtree function in File::Path 1.08 (lib/File/Path.pm) in Perl 5.8.8 allows local users to to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-0448, CVE-2004-0452, and CVE-2008-2827. NOTE: this is a regression error related to CVE-2005-0448. It is different from CVE-2008-5302 due to affected versions.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.33% · top 73% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.9.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-362 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-362 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (21)

• 32980 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0011 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• DSA-1678 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• USN-700-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20081128 Re: [oss-security] CVE Request - cups, dovecot-managesieve, perl, wireshark (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2010-03-29-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=286905 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6680 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=286922#36 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 33314 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9699 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 20090120 rPSA-2009-0011-1 perl (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• USN-700-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 40052 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2010:0458 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• filepath-rmtree-symlink(47044) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10735 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/perl/porters/233695#233695 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• MDVSA-2010:116 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 10:49 UTC.