Numeric Errors Affecting perl package, versions <5.8.7-9


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.15% (53rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-PERL-327786
  • published1 Dec 2005
  • disclosed1 Dec 2005

Introduced: 1 Dec 2005

CVE-2005-3962  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-189  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable 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:unstable 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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