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CVE-2008-5302
CVE information
Published
Last Modified
CVSSv2.0 Severity
Impact Analysis
Description
Race condition in the rmtree function in File::Path 1.08 and 2.07 (lib/File/Path.pm) in Perl 5.8.8 and 5.10.0 allows local users to create arbitrary setuid binaries 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-2008-5303 due to affected versions..
CVSSv2.0 Score
- Severity
- Medium
- Base Score
- 6.9/10
- Exploit Score
- 3.4/10
- Access Vector
- Local
- Access Complexity
- Medium
- Authentication Required
- None
- Impact Score
- 10/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- Complete
- Availability Impact
- Complete
- Integrity Impact
- Complete
Products Affected
CPE | Affected | Vulnerable | Excluding | Edit |
---|---|---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
No
|
- | ||
cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
No
|
- | ||
cpe:2.3:a:perl:file\:\:path:1.08:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | ||
cpe:2.3:a:perl:file\:\:path:2.07:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- |
References
- http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/perl/porters/233695#233695
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=286922#36
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=286905
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/28/2
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1678
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33314
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-700-1
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0011
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-700-2
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32980
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40052
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:116
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0458.html
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10735
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47043
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500210/100/0/threaded