Perl File::Path rmtree function symlink
| filepath-rmtree-symlink (47044) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
The Perl File::Path module could allow a local attacker to launch a symlink attack, caused by a race condition in the rmtree function. Temporary files are created insecurely. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability by creating a symbolic link from a temporary file to various files on the system, which could allow the attacker to delete arbitrary files from the system.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 3.3 |
| Access Vector: | Local |
| Access Complexity: | Medium |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 2.9 |
| Exploitability: | High |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
File Manipulation
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Perl (5.8.10 or later), available from Larry Wall's Web page. See References.
For other distributions:
Apply the appropriate update for your system. See References.
References:
- Apple Web site: About the security content of Security Update 2010-002 / Mac OS X v10.6.3.
- Debian Bug report logs - #286922: perl-modules: File::Path::rmtree removes arbitrary.
- F5 Networks Web site: Release Note: Enterprise Manager version 2.3.0.
- Larry Wall's Web page: Perl.
- oss-security Mailing List, Fri, 28 Nov 2008 16:29:10 +0100 : Re: CVE Request - cups, dovecot-managesieve, perl, wireshark.
- perldoc Web site: File::Path.
- porters Mailing List, Nov 19, 2008, 7:25 AM : Re: File::Path regression in 5.8.9.
- CVE-2008-5303: Race condition in the rmtree function in File::Path 1.08 (lib/File/Path.pm) in Perl 5.8.8 allows local users to allows local users 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.
- DSA-1678: perl -- design flaws
- MDVSA-2010:116: perl
- RHSA-2010-0458: Moderate: perl security update
- SA47305: F5 Enterprise Manager Multiple Vulnerabilities
- USN-700-1: Perl vulnerabilities
- USN-700-2: Perl regression
Platforms Affected:
- Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8
- Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.8
- Canonical Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
- Canonical Ubuntu 7.10
- Canonical Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
- Canonical Ubuntu 8.10
- Debian Debian Linux 4.0
- F5 Enterprise Manager 2.0
- Larry Wall File::Path 1.08
- Larry Wall Perl 5.8.8
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2008.0
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2008.0 X86_64
- Mandriva Linux 2010
- Mandriva Linux 2010 X86_64
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 5 Client
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 5
Reported:
Jun 20, 2008
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