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Buffer overflow in the PerlIO implementation in Perl 5.8...

Low severity Unreviewed Published May 1, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Apr 3, 2025

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

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

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Feb 7, 2005
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 1, 2022
Last updated Apr 3, 2025

Severity

Low

EPSS score

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(59th percentile)

Weaknesses

No CWEs

CVE ID

CVE-2005-0156

GHSA ID

GHSA-hv4j-j5rr-rmfx

Source code

No known source code

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