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CVE-2008-2827 Detail

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.


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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (06/24/2008)

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of perl as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5, Red Hat Application Stack 1, or Solaris versions of Red Hat Directory Server 7.1 and 8, Certificate System 7.x.

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=487319 CVE, MITRE Exploit 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html CVE, MITRE
http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=36982 CVE, MITRE Exploit 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30790 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/30837 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/31687 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:165 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29902 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020373 CVE, MITRE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43308 CVE, MITRE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg01025.html CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-2827
NVD Published Date:
06/23/2008
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE