CVE-2005-0156

Larry Wall Perl - Buffer Overflow

Title source: rule

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by Kevin Finisterre · clocallinux

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/791

View Code ZIP pw:eip

References (15)

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

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

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

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12426

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-105.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/14120

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0003/

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-103.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10803

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/55314

[Mailing List] http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110737149402683&w=2

[Mailing List] http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA--.shtml

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

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19208

[Exploit, Vendor Advisory] http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-13.xml

Scores

EPSS 0.0039

EPSS Percentile 59.8%

Details

Status published

Products (27)

ibm/aix 5.2

ibm/aix 5.3

larry_wall/perl 5.8.0

larry_wall/perl 5.8.1

larry_wall/perl 5.8.3

larry_wall/perl 5.8.4

larry_wall/perl 5.8.4.1

larry_wall/perl 5.8.4.2

larry_wall/perl 5.8.4.2.3

larry_wall/perl 5.8.4.3

... and 17 more

Published Feb 07, 2005

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026