Out-of-Bounds Affecting perl-suidperl package, versions <4:5.10.1-130.el6_4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.92% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-PERLSUIDPERL-1456668
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed10 Oct 2012

Introduced: 10 Oct 2012

CVE-2012-5195  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 perl-suidperl to version 4:5.10.1-130.el6_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2013:0685.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perl-suidperl package and not the perl-suidperl package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 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.

CVSS Scores

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