[OpenPKG-SA-2005.025] OpenPKG Security Advisory (perl)
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OpenPKG Security Advisory The OpenPKG Project
http://www.openpkg.org/security.html http://www.openpkg.org
openpkg-security@xxxxxxxxxxx openpkg@xxxxxxxxxxx
OpenPKG-SA-2005.025 03-Dec-2005
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Package: perl
Vulnerability: integer overflow, arbitrary code execution
OpenPKG Specific: no
Affected Releases: Affected Packages: Corrected Packages:
OpenPKG CURRENT <= perl-5.8.7-20050921 >= perl-5.8.7-20051203
OpenPKG 2.5 <= perl-5.8.7-2.5.0 >= perl-5.8.7-2.5.1
OpenPKG 2.4 <= perl-5.8.7-2.4.0 >= perl-5.8.7-2.4.1
OpenPKG 2.3 <= perl-5.8.6-2.3.0 >= perl-5.8.6-2.3.1
Description:
According to a security advisory from Dyad Security [0], an integer
overflow bug exists in the Perl [1] programming language. The integer
overflow is in the format string functionality (Perl_sv_vcatpvfn) of
Perl and allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary memory and possibly
execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers with large values.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project assigned the id
CVE-2005-3962 [2] to the problem.
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References:
[0] http://www.dyadsecurity.com/perl-0002.html
[1] http://www.perl.org/
[2] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3962
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