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CVE-2008-5302

Date: December 1, 2008

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.

Severity Score

Related Resources (26)

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11076
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=286905
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-5302
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=286922#36
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/perl/porters/233695#233695
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:116
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500210/100/0/threaded
http://secunia.com/advisories/40052
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5302
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0011
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10735
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-700-2
http://secunia.com/advisories/32980
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-700-1
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6890
http://secunia.com/advisories/33314
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1678
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47043
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0458.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/28/2
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2008-5302
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2008-5302

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Race Conditions

CWE-362

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): COMPLETE
Integrity (I): COMPLETE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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