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CVE-2004-0452

Published: 21 December 2004

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.

Priority

Unknown

Status

Package Release Status
perl
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper
Released (5.8.7-10ubuntu1)
edgy
Released (5.8.7-10ubuntu1)
feisty
Released (5.8.7-10ubuntu1)
upstream Needs triage