CVE-2008-5303

Race condition in the rmtree function in File::Path 1.08 (lib/File/Path.pm) in Perl 5.8.8 allows local users to to delete arbitrary files 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-2008-5302 due to affected versions.
Configurations

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cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:perl:file\:\:path:1.08:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Information

Published : 2008-12-01 17:30

Updated : 2023-12-10 10:51


NVD link : CVE-2008-5303

Mitre link : CVE-2008-5303

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2008-5303


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Products Affected

perl

  • file\
  • perl
CWE
CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')