CVE-2005-0156

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    CVE-2005-0156

    Published: 7 Feb 2005Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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: http://secunia.com/advisories/14120, http://secunia.com/advisories/55314, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-13.xml, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:031, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-103.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-105.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12426, http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0003/, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-13.xml, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-103.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-105.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12426, http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0003/, http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=001056, http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA--.shtml, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110737149402683&w=2, http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=110779721503111&w=2, http://www.digitalmunition.com/DMA%5B2005-0131b%5D.txt, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19208, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10803

    Affected packages

    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