CVE-2005-0156
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.
Published:Feb 1, 2005
Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
EPS:Feb 7, 2005
EPSS Score:0.00386
CVSS Score:2.1
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Ibm
Product
Aix
Ibm
Aix
Vendor
Larry Wall
Product
Perl
Larry Wall
Perl
Vendor
Redhat
Product
Enterprise Linux
Redhat
Enterprise Linux
Vendor
Redhat
Product
Enterprise Linux Desktop
Redhat
Enterprise Linux Desktop
Vendor
Redhat
Product
Fedora Core
Redhat
Fedora Core
Vendor
Sgi
Product
Propack
Sgi
Propack
Vendor
Suse
Product
Suse Linux
Suse
Suse Linux
Vendor
Trustix
Product
Secure Linux
Trustix
Secure Linux
Vendor
Ubuntu
Product
Ubuntu Linux
Ubuntu
Ubuntu Linux
Exploits
Common Weakness Enumeration
No CWE recorded yet
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
No CAPEC recorded yet
Related CVEs
References
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
