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DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5303

DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5303 PUBLISHED

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.

Affected Products

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

Timeline

  • Dec 1, 2008 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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