DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5303

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5303

    Published: 1 Dec 2008Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2008-5303

    Summary:

    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.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5303

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: perl

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/perl?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -5.10.0-18

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High