Executive Summary

Summary
Title New perl packages fix privilege escalation
Informations
Name DSA-696 First vendor Publication 2005-03-22
Vendor Debian Last vendor Modification 2005-03-22
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision 1

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 1.2 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity High
Cvss Expoit Score 1.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Paul Szabo discovered another vulnerability in the File::Path::rmtree function of perl, the popular scripting language. When a process is deleting a directory tree, a different user could exploit a race condition to create setuid binaries in this directory tree, provided that he already had write permissions in any subdirectory of that tree.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 5.6.1-8.9.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 5.8.4-8.

We recommend that you upgrade your perl packages.

Original Source

Url : http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-696

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10475
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10475
Title: Race condition in the rmtree function in File::Path.pm in Perl before 5.8.4 allows local users to create arbitrary setuid binaries in the tree being deleted, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0452.
Description: Race condition in the rmtree function in File::Path.pm in Perl before 5.8.4 allows local users to create arbitrary setuid binaries in the tree being deleted, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0452.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2005-0448
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
CentOS Linux 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
 Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:728
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:728
Title: HP-UX 11 Perl rmtree Race Condition
Description: Race condition in the rmtree function in File::Path.pm in Perl before 5.8.4 allows local users to create arbitrary setuid binaries in the tree being deleted, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0452.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2005-0448
 Version: 7
Platform(s): HP-UX 11
 Product(s): Perl
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 4

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2011-08-09 Name : CentOS Update for perl CESA-2010:0458 centos5 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2010_0458_perl_centos5_i386.nasl
2010-06-11 Name : RedHat Update for perl RHSA-2010:0458-02
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2010_0458-02_perl.nasl
2009-02-13 Name : FreeBSD Ports: perl
File : nvt/freebsd_perl3.nasl
2009-01-07 Name : FreeBSD Ports: p5-File-Path
File : nvt/freebsd_p5-File-Path.nasl
2008-12-10 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1678-1 (perl)
File : nvt/deb_1678_1.nasl
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200501-38 (Perl)
File : nvt/glsa_200501_38.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 696-1 (perl)
File : nvt/deb_696_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
14619 Perl File::Path::rmtree Function Race Condition Privilege Escalation

The Perl File::Path:rmtree function contains a flaw that may allow a malicious local user to change permissions of arbitrary files on system. The issue is due to the way the File::Path::rmtree function handles directory permissions when cleaning up directories. It is possible for a user to use a symlink style attack to manipulate arbitrary files, resulting in a loss of integrity.

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2015-01-19 Name : The remote Solaris system is missing a security patch for third-party software.
File : solaris11_perl-58_20131015.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-06-29 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2005-674.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-02-04 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.
File : freebsd_pkg_4a99d61cf23a11dd9f550030843d3802.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-01-05 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.
File : freebsd_pkg_13b0c8c8bee011dda708001fc66e7203.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-12-04 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1678.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-07-03 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2005-881.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-01-15 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-94-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-12-30 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2005-881.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-10-11 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2005-674.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-05-02 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2005-079.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-03-23 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-696.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-02-14 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200501-38.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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