CVE-2008-2827

Published: 23 June 2008

The rmtree function in lib/File/Path.pm in Perl 5.10 does not properly check permissions before performing a chmod, which allows local users to modify the permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-0448 and CVE-2004-0452.

Priority

Status

Package	Release	Status
perl Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	dapper	Not vulnerable
	feisty	Not vulnerable
	gutsy	Not vulnerable
	hardy	Not vulnerable
	upstream	Released

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2827
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

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