CVE-2008-5303

Publication date 1 December 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
perl 8.10 intrepid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed 5.8.8-12ubuntu0.3
7.10 gutsy
Fixed 5.8.8-7ubuntu3.4
6.06 LTS dapper
Not affected

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-700-1
    • Perl vulnerabilities
    • 24 December 2008

Other references