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CVE-2005-0156

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Description

Buffer overflow in the PerlIO implementation in Perl 5.8.0, when installed with setuid support (sperl), allows local users to execute arbitrary code by setting the PERLIO_DEBUG variable and executing a Perl script whose full pathname contains a long directory tree.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10803

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19208

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2005-0157

http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0003/

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12426

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-105.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-103.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:031

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-13.xml

http://www.digitalmunition.com/DMA%5B2005-0131b%5D.txt

http://secunia.com/advisories/55314

http://secunia.com/advisories/14120

http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=110779721503111&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110737149402683&w=2

http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA--.shtml

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=001056

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-02-07

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01315

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