Upstream information
Description
The rmtree function in lib/File/Path.pm in Perl 5.10 does not properly check permissions before performing a chmod, which allows local users to modify the permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-0448 and CVE-2004-0452.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products
This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.
| National Vulnerability Database | |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 4.6 |
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
SUSE Security Advisories:
- SUSE-SR:2008:017, published Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:00:00 +0000
Status of this issue by product and package
Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.
| Product(s) | Source package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Products under general support and receiving all security fixes. | ||
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP5 | perl | Analysis |
| Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore. | ||
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 | perl | Analysis |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Tue Jul 9 16:02:36 2013CVE page last modified: Tue Sep 10 19:11:35 2024