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DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0452

DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0452 PUBLISHED

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.

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:14perl0, 0, 0
Debian:12perl0, 0, 0
Debian:11perl0, 0, 0
Debian:13perl0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Dec 21, 2004 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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