CVE-2004-0452 Affecting perl package, versions <5.8.4-5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-PERL-327904
  • published21 Dec 2004
  • disclosed21 Dec 2004

Introduced: 21 Dec 2004

CVE-2004-0452  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable perl to version 5.8.4-5 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perl package and not the perl package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

Race condition in the rmtree function in the File::Path module in Perl 5.6.1 and 5.8.4 sets read/write permissions for the world, which allows local users to delete arbitrary files and directories, and possibly read files and directories, via a symlink attack.

CVSS Scores

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