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Bug 161054

Summary:	CVE-2005-0448 perl File::Path.pm rmtree race condition
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1	Reporter:	Mark J. Cox <mjc>
Component:	perl	Assignee:	Marcela Mašláňová <mmaslano>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	David Lawrence <dkl>
Severity:	low	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	2.1	Keywords:	Security
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:	impact=low,public=20050309,source=cve,reported=20050314
Fixed In Version:	5.6.1-38.EL2_1	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Description Mark J. Cox 2005-06-20 09:36:28 UTC

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #157694 +++

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 CAN-2004-0452.

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=111039131424834&w=2

Comment 1 Jason Vas Dias 2006-04-22 01:23:40 UTC

fixed with perl-5.6.1-38.EL2_1

Comment 2 Robin Norwood 2006-10-01 23:32:46 UTC

assigning to rnorwood

Comment 3 Mark J. Cox 2007-07-20 11:45:40 UTC

We've not shipped perl-5.6.1-38.EL2_1 therefore leaving open until we do.

Comment 4 Tomas Hoger 2009-08-28 14:10:07 UTC

EL2.1 reached end of life.