DEBIAN-CVE-2005-0156

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2005-0156

    Published: 7 Feb 2005Last Modified: 8 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2005-0156

    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: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-0156

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: perl

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/perl?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -5.8.4-6

    Affected versions

    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