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FreeBSD Ports: perl
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory.
Insight
Insight
The following package is affected: perl 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.
Solution
Solution
Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades. http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-620 http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/18650 http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/c418d472-6bd1-11d9-93ca-000a95bc6fae.html