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Low
CVE-2005-0156
Buffer overflow in the PerlIO implementation in Perl 5.8.0, when...
Vulnerability Description
Buffer overflow in the PerlIO implementation in Perl 5.8.0, when installed with setuid support (sperl), allows local users to execute arbitrary code by setting the PERLIO_DEBUG variable and executing a Perl script whose full pathname contains a long directory tree.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=110779721503111&w=2
- http://www.digitalmunition.com/DMA%5B2005-0131b%5D.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12426
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-105.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14120
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0003/
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-103.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10803
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55314
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110737149402683&w=2
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=001056
- http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA--.shtml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:031
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19208
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-13.xml
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
perl, propack, aix, enterprise linux, enterprise linux desktop, fedora core, suse linux, secure linux, ubuntu linux
Vulnerable Versions:
5.8.0, 5.8.1, 5.8.3, 5.8.4, 5.8.4.1, 5.8.4.2, 5.8.4.2.3, 5.8.4.3, 5.8.4.4, 5.8.4.5, 3.0, 5.2, 5.3, core_3.0, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 1.5, 2.0, 2.1, 2.2, 4.1
Timeline
Official Publish:
February 7th, 2005
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.