Vulnerability Details CVE-2005-3962
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.008
EPSS Ranking 73.4%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 4.6
References
- 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
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17762
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17802
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17844
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17941
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17952
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17993
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18075
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18183
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18187
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18295
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18413
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18517
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19041
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20894
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23155
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31208
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102192-1
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-081.htm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-943
- http://www.dyadsecurity.com/perl-0002.html
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-01.xml
- http://www.ipcop.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=41
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/948385
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:225
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_29_sr.html
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_71_perl.html
- http://www.openbsd.org/errata37.html#perl
- http://www.openpkg.org/security/OpenPKG-SA-2005.025-perl.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/21345
- http://www.osvdb.org/22255
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-880.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-881.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/418333/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438726/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438726/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15629
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0070
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-333A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2688
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0771
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2613
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4750
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10598
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1074
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/222-1/
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-legacy-announce/2006-February/msg00008.html
- 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
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17762
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17802
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17844
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17941
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17952
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17993
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18075
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18183
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18187
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18295
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18413
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18517
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19041
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20894
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23155
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31208
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102192-1
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-081.htm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-943
- http://www.dyadsecurity.com/perl-0002.html
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-01.xml
- http://www.ipcop.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=41
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/948385
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:225
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_29_sr.html
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_71_perl.html
- http://www.openbsd.org/errata37.html#perl
- http://www.openpkg.org/security/OpenPKG-SA-2005.025-perl.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/21345
- http://www.osvdb.org/22255
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-880.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-881.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/418333/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438726/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438726/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15629
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0070
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-333A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2688
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0771
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2613
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4750
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10598
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1074
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/222-1/
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-legacy-announce/2006-February/msg00008.html