| Name | CVE-2008-2827 |
| Description | The rmtree function in lib/File/Path.pm in Perl 5.10 does not properly check permissions before performing a chmod, which allows local users to modify the permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-0448 and CVE-2004-0452. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DTSA-142-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 487319 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| perl (PTS) | buster | 5.28.1-6+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 5.32.1-4+deb11u3 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 5.32.1-4+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 5.36.0-7+deb12u1 | fixed |
| trixie | 5.38.2-3 | fixed |
| sid | 5.38.2-3.2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| perl | source | etch | (not affected) | | | |
| perl | source | lenny | 5.10.0-10+lenny1 | | DTSA-142-1 | |
| perl | source | (unstable) | 5.10.0-11 | medium | | 487319 |
Notes
[etch] - perl <not-affected> (doesn't change link target permissions)
affects other packages like debsums, see bugreport