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Out-of-Bounds Affecting perl package, versions <5.14.2-14

0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 1.92% (89th percentile)
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NVD
7.3 high
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Red Hat
5.6 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-PERL-327606
  • published 18 Dec 2012
  • disclosed 18 Dec 2012
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Introduced: 18 Dec 2012

CVE-2012-5195 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-119 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 perl to version 5.14.2-14 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perl package and not the perl package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

Heap-based buffer overflow in the Perl_repeatcpy function in util.c in Perl 5.12.x before 5.12.5, 5.14.x before 5.14.3, and 5.15.x before 15.15.5 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via the 'x' string repeat operator.

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