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CVE-2008-5303
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Summary |
Race condition in the rmtree function in File::Path 1.08 (lib/File/Path.pm) in Perl 5.8.8 allows local users to 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. |
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Vulnerable Configurations |
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CVSS |
Base: | 6.9 (as of 11-10-2018 - 20:54) |
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CWE |
CWE-362 |
CAPEC |
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Leveraging Race Conditions
The adversary targets a race condition occurring when multiple processes access and manipulate the same resource concurrently, and the outcome of the execution depends on the particular order in which the access takes place. The adversary can leverage a race condition by "running the race", modifying the resource and modifying the normal execution flow. For instance, a race condition can occur while accessing a file: the adversary can trick the system by replacing the original file with his version and cause the system to read the malicious file.
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Leveraging Time-of-Check and Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) Race Conditions
This attack targets a race condition occurring between the time of check (state) for a resource and the time of use of a resource. A typical example is file access. The adversary can leverage a file access race condition by "running the race", meaning that they would modify the resource between the first time the target program accesses the file and the time the target program uses the file. During that period of time, the adversary could replace or modify the file, causing the application to behave unexpectedly.
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Access |
Vector | Complexity | Authentication |
LOCAL |
MEDIUM |
NONE |
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Impact |
Confidentiality | Integrity | Availability |
COMPLETE |
COMPLETE |
COMPLETE |
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cvss-vector
via4
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AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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oval
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accepted | 2014-01-20T04:01:28.440-05:00 | class | vulnerability | contributors | name | Varun | organization | Hewlett-Packard |
name | Chris Coffin | organization | The MITRE Corporation |
| definition_extensions | comment | VMware ESX Server 4.0 is installed | oval | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6293 |
| description | 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. | family | unix | id | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6680 | status | accepted | submitted | 2010-10-01T16:37:39.000-05:00 | title | VMware ESX,Service Console update for perl. | version | 7 |
accepted | 2013-04-29T04:21:25.896-04:00 | class | vulnerability | contributors | name | Aharon Chernin | organization | SCAP.com, LLC |
name | Dragos Prisaca | organization | G2, Inc. |
| definition_extensions | comment | The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | oval | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11414 |
comment | The operating system installed on the system is CentOS Linux 5.x | oval | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15802 |
comment | Oracle Linux 5.x | oval | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15459 |
| description | 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. | family | unix | id | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9699 | status | accepted | submitted | 2010-07-09T03:56:16-04:00 | title | 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. | version | 18 |
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redhat
via4
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advisories | | rpms | - perl-4:5.8.8-32.el5_5.1
- perl-debuginfo-4:5.8.8-32.el5_5.1
- perl-suidperl-4:5.8.8-32.el5_5.1
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refmap
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apple | APPLE-SA-2010-03-29-1 | bugtraq | 20090120 rPSA-2009-0011-1 perl | confirm | | debian | DSA-1678 | mandriva | MDVSA-2010:116 | misc | http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/perl/porters/233695#233695 | mlist | [oss-security] 20081128 Re: [oss-security] CVE Request - cups, dovecot-managesieve, perl, wireshark | secunia | | ubuntu | | xf | filepath-rmtree-symlink(47044) |
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statements
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contributor | Tomas Hoger | lastmodified | 2010-06-07 | organization | Red Hat | statement | This issue has been addressed in perl packages as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4 via https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0457.html and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 via https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0458.html.
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Last major update |
11-10-2018 - 20:54 |
Published |
01-12-2008 - 17:30 |
Last modified |
11-10-2018 - 20:54 |