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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.52215
Category:FreeBSD Local Security Checks
Title:FreeBSD Ports: perl
Summary:The remote host is missing an update to the system; as announced in the referenced advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update to the system
as announced in the referenced advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
The following package is affected: perl

CVE-2004-0452
Race condition in the rmtree function in the File::Path module in Perl
5.6.1 and 5.8.4 sets read/write permissions for the world, which
allows local users to delete arbitrary files and directories, and
possibly read files and directories, via a symlink attack.

Solution:
Update your system with the appropriate patches or
software upgrades.

CVSS Score:
2.6

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2004-0452
BugTraq ID: 12072
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12072
Bugtraq: 20050111 [OpenPKG-SA-2005.001] OpenPKG Security Advisory (perl) (Google Search)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110547693019788&w=2
Debian Security Information: DSA-620 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-620
http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA--.shtml
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-38.xml
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9938
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-103.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-105.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/12991
http://secunia.com/advisories/18517
http://secunia.com/advisories/55314
SGI Security Advisory: 20060101-01-U
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060101-01-U
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-44-1/
XForce ISS Database: perl-filepathrmtree-insecure-permissions(18650)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18650
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