CVE-2005-3962
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 4.6 · CWE-189
4.6CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)1%
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17762Advisory
- ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.7/common/007_perl.patch
- ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.8/common/001_perl.patch
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060101-01-U
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=001056
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304829
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Nov/msg00001.html
- http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=113342788118630&w=2