CVE-2004-0452

Race condition in the rmtree function in the File::Path module in Perl 5.6.1 and 5.8.4 sets read/write permissions for the world, which allows local users to delete arbitrary files and directories, and possibly read files and directories, via a symlink attack.
References
Link Resource
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060101-01-U
http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA--.shtml
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110547693019788&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/12991
http://secunia.com/advisories/18517
http://secunia.com/advisories/55314
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-620 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-38.xml Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-103.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-105.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12072
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18650
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9938
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-44-1/
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060101-01-U
http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA--.shtml
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110547693019788&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/12991
http://secunia.com/advisories/18517
http://secunia.com/advisories/55314
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-620 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-38.xml Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-103.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-105.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12072
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18650
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9938
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-44-1/
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

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Information

Published : 2004-12-21 05:00

Updated : 2025-04-03 01:03


NVD link : CVE-2004-0452

Mitre link : CVE-2004-0452

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2004-0452


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Products Affected

larry_wall

  • perl