{"id":"CVE-2008-5303","details":"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CVE-2008-5302 due to affected versions.","modified":"2026-01-27T04:09:22.999588Z","published":"2008-12-01T17:30:01Z","withdrawn":"2026-01-27T04:09:22.999588Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/32980"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/33314"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/40052"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1678"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:116"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-700-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-700-2"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=286905"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=286922#36"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10735"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0011"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/perl/porters/233695#233695"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/28/2"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0458.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500210/100/0/threaded"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47044"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6680"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9699"}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}