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Numeric Errors Affecting perl package, versions <5.8.7-9

0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.15% (51st percentile)
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NVD
5.9 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-PERL-327785
  • published 1 Dec 2005
  • disclosed 1 Dec 2005
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Introduced: 1 Dec 2005

CVE-2005-3962 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-189 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 perl to version 5.8.7-9 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.

Integer overflow in the format string functionality (Perl_sv_vcatpvfn) in Perl 5.9.2 and 5.8.6 Perl allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary memory and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers with large values, which causes an integer wrap and leads to a buffer overflow, as demonstrated using format string vulnerabilities in Perl applications.

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