Executive Summary
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | MDVSA-2008:165 | First vendor Publication | 2008-08-11 |
| Vendor | Mandriva | Last vendor Modification | 2008-08-11 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | N/A |
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:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 4.6 | Attack Range | Local |
| Cvss Impact Score | 6.4 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 3.9 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| 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. The updated packages have been patched to fix this. |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:165 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-264 | Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 |
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2009-07-29 | Name : Fedora Core 10 FEDORA-2009-7680 (perl) File : nvt/fcore_2009_7680.nasl |
| 2009-04-09 | Name : Mandriva Update for perl MDVSA-2008:165 (perl) File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2008_165.nasl |
| 2009-02-17 | Name : Fedora Update for perl FEDORA-2008-5739 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_5739_perl_fc9.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 46563 | Perl File::Path::rmtree lib/File/Path.pm Symlink Arbitrary File chmod |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2009-07-21 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_11_0_perl-080715.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2009-04-23 | Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2008-165.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2008-07-02 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2008-5739.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
|---|---|
| 2014-02-17 11:39:35 |
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