Race condition in the rmtree function in File::Path 1.08 (lib/File/Path.pm) in Perl 5.8.8 allows local users to allows local users 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. Reference: MLIST:[oss-security] 20081128 Re: [oss-security] CVE Request - cups, dovecot-managesieve, perl, wireshark Reference: URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/28/2 Reference: CONFIRM:http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=286922#36 Reference: CONFIRM:http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=286905 Reference: MISC:http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/perl/porters/233695#233695
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw. More information regarding issue severity can be found here: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/
This issue has been addressed in following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Via RHSA-2010:0458 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0458.html