Security Advisories (1)
CVE-2017-6512 (2017-05-02)

Race condition in the rmtree and remove_tree functions allows attackers to set the mode on arbitrary files via vectors involving directory-permission loosening logic.

Changes for version 1.99_01 - 2007-05-17

  • Dual-lifed from the Perl core distribution.
  • New-style interface added.
  • Extensive tests added to improve code coverage.
  • 5.005 compatibility restored

Modules

create or remove directory trees