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CVE-2004-0452

Published: Dec 21, 2004 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
2.6 LOW
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0452
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
PerlLarry_wall5.6.1 (including)5.6.1 (including)
PerlLarry_wall5.8.4 (including)5.8.4 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3RedHatperl-2:5.8.0-89.10*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatperl-3:5.8.5-12.1*
PerlUbuntudapper*
PerlUbuntudevel*
PerlUbuntuedgy*
PerlUbuntufeisty*

References

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