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CVE-2008-5302 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-362	Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
perl perl	5.8.8 5.10.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.8.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.10.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
perl file::path	1.08 2.07
CPE cpe:2.3:a:perl:file::path:1.08:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:perl:file::path:2.07:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

10 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 11, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 8, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 8, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 3, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 2, 2008	Initial Analysis	[email protected]