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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.31% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 70.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-02-07 05:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 21:05Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-01-27
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 532996111d4f989a4a1dba3ea0dd92d9136121c28bd333156af0a98e75a3c137
05 Affected products
06 References
- marc.info20050207 DMA[2005-0131b] - 'Setuid Perl PERLIO_DEBUGhttp://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=110779721503111&w=2
- www.digitalmunition.comhttp://www.digitalmunition.com/DMA%5B2005-0131b%5D.txt
- www.securityfocus.com12426http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12426
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2005:105http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-105.html
- secunia.com14120http://secunia.com/advisories/14120
- www.trustix.org2005-0003http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0003/
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2005:103http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-103.html
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10803https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10803
- secunia.com55314http://secunia.com/advisories/55314
- marc.info20050202 [USN-72-1] Perl vulnerabilitieshttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110737149402683&w=2
- distro.conectiva.com.brCLSA-2006:1056http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=001056
- fedoranews.orgFLSA-2006:152845http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA--.shtml
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2005:031http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:031
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comperl-perliodebug-bo(19208)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19208
- www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200502-13http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-13.xml
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- perl Fixed in 5.8.4-6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- perl Fixed in 5.8.4-6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- perl Fixed in 5.8.4-6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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