Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | perl information leak |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-44-1 | First vendor Publication | 2004-12-21 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2004-12-21 |
| 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:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 2.6 | Attack Range | Local |
| Cvss Impact Score | 4.9 | Attack Complexity | High |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 1.9 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 4.10 (Warty Warthog) The following packages are affected: perl-modules The problem can be corrected by upgrading the affected package to version 5.8.4-2ubuntu0.2. In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: A race condition and possible information leak has been discovered in Perl's File::Path::rmtree(). This function changes the permission of files and directories before removing them to avoid problems with wrong permissions. However, they were made readable and writable not only for the owner, but for the entire world, which opened a race condition and a possible information leak (if the actual removal of a file/directory failed for some reason). |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-44-1 |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18549 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18549 | ||
| Title: | DSA-1678-1 perl - privilege escalation | ||
| Description: | Paul Szabo rediscovered a vulnerability in the File::Path::rmtree function of Perl. It was possible to exploit a race condition to create setuid binaries in a directory tree or remove arbitrary files when a process is deleting this tree. This issue was originally known as <a href="http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-0448">CVE-2005-0448</a> and <a href="http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-0452">CVE-2004-0452</a>, which were addressed by DSA-696-1 and DSA-620-1. Unfortunately, they were reintroduced later. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | DSA-1678-1 CVE-2008-5302 CVE-2008-5303 CVE-2005-0448 CVE-2004-0452 | Version: | 7 |
| Platform(s): | Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 | Product(s): | perl |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7799 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7799 | ||
| Title: | DSA-1678 perl -- design flaws | ||
| Description: | Paul Szabo rediscovered a vulnerability in the File::Path::rmtree function of Perl. It was possible to exploit a race condition to create setuid binaries in a directory tree or remove arbitrary files when a process is deleting this tree. This issue was originally known as CVE-2005-0448 and CVE-2004-0452, which were addressed by DSA-696-1 and DSA-620-1. Unfortunately, they were reintroduced later. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | DSA-1678 CVE-2008-5302 CVE-2008-5303 CVE-2005-0448 CVE-2004-0452 | Version: | 3 |
| Platform(s): | Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 | Product(s): | perl |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
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| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9938 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9938 | ||
| Title: | 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. | ||
| Description: | 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. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | vulnerability |
| Reference(s): | CVE-2004-0452 | 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): | |
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CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 2 |
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 |
| 2009-10-10 | Name : SLES9: Security update for Perl File : nvt/sles9p5013510.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 |
| 2008-09-04 | Name : FreeBSD Ports: perl File : nvt/freebsd_perl0.nasl |
| 2008-01-17 | Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 620-1 (perl) File : nvt/deb_620_1.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 12588 | Perl File::Path::rmtree Symlink Arbitrary File/Directory Manipulation File::Path::rmtree contains a flaw that may allow a malicious user to gain access to unauthorized privileges. The issue is triggered when a malicious user creates symbolic links to arbitrary files and File::Path::rmtree attempts to delete the arbitrary file. This flaw may lead to a loss of integrity, possibly allowing the attacker change permissions and/or delete the file. |
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 |
| 2008-12-04 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-1678.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2006-01-15 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-44-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-07-13 | Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates. File : freebsd_pkg_c418d4726bd111d993ca000a95bc6fae.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-02-22 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2005-103.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 |
| 2005-02-10 | Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandrake_MDKSA-2005-031.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-02-10 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2005-105.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-01-02 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-620.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2014-02-17 12:04:16 |
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