CVE-2008-5302
EPSS 0.05%
Description
Race condition in the rmtree function in File::Path 1.08 and 2.07 (lib/File/Path.pm) in Perl 5.8.8 and 5.10.0 allows local users to create arbitrary setuid binaries 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-2008-5303 due to affected versions.
How to fix CVE-2008-5302
To remediate CVE-2008-5302, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/perl—upgrade to 5.10.0-18 or later
Is CVE-2008-5302 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 5.10.0-18