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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-2827
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CVE-2008-2827

Description:
The rmtree function in lib/File/Path.pm in Perl 5.10 does not properly check permissions before performing a chmod, which allows local users to modify the permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-0448 and CVE-2004-0452.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

XF
  http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/43308

SUSE
  http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html

ST
  1020373

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA30790
  Secunia Advisory: SA30837
  Secunia Advisory: SA31687

MISC
  http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=36982

MANDRIVA
  http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:165

FEDORA

CONFIRM
  http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=487319

BID
  29902


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