CVE-2012-5195: Buffer Overflow
First published: Tue Dec 18 2012(Updated: )
Heap-based buffer overflow in the Perl_repeatcpy function in util.c in Perl 5.12.x before 5.12.5, 5.14.x before 5.14.3, and 5.15.x before 15.15.5 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via the 'x' string repeat operator.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Perl Perl | =5.12.0 | |
| Perl Perl | =5.12.0-rc0 | |
| Perl Perl | =5.12.0-rc1 | |
| Perl Perl | =5.12.0-rc2 | |
| Perl Perl | =5.12.0-rc3 | |
| Perl Perl | =5.12.0-rc4 | |
| Perl Perl | =5.12.0-rc5 | |
| Perl Perl | =5.12.1 | |
| Perl Perl | =5.12.1-rc1 | |
| Perl Perl | =5.12.1-rc2 | |
| Perl Perl | =5.12.2 | |
| Perl Perl | =5.12.2-rc1 | |
| Perl Perl | =5.12.3 | |
| Perl Perl | =5.12.3-rc1 | |
| Perl Perl | =5.12.3-rc2 | |
| Perl Perl | =5.12.3-rc3 | |
| Perl Perl | =5.12.4 | |
| Perl Perl | =5.14.0 | |
| Perl Perl | =5.14.0-rc1 | |
| Perl Perl | =5.14.0-rc2 | |
| Perl Perl | =5.14.0-rc3 | |
| Perl Perl | =5.14.1 | |
| Perl Perl | =5.14.2 |
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Reference Links
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10673
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10735
- http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/2709980d5a193ce6f3a16f0d19879a6560dcde44
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0685.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51457
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55314
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2586
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:113
- http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2012/10/msg193886.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/26/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/27/1
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56287
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1643-1
- https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0352
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/references
- agent/type
- agent/softwarecombine
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/severity
- agent/weakness
- agent/author
- agent/remedy
- agent/tags
- agent/description
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/event
- vendor/perl
- canonical/perl perl
- version/perl perl/5.12.0
- version/perl perl/5.12.0-rc0
- version/perl perl/5.12.0-rc1
- version/perl perl/5.12.0-rc2
- version/perl perl/5.12.0-rc3
- version/perl perl/5.12.0-rc4
- version/perl perl/5.12.0-rc5
- version/perl perl/5.12.1
- version/perl perl/5.12.1-rc1
- version/perl perl/5.12.1-rc2
- version/perl perl/5.12.2
- version/perl perl/5.12.2-rc1
- version/perl perl/5.12.3
- version/perl perl/5.12.3-rc1
- version/perl perl/5.12.3-rc2
- version/perl perl/5.12.3-rc3
- version/perl perl/5.12.4
- version/perl perl/5.14.0
- version/perl perl/5.14.0-rc1
- version/perl perl/5.14.0-rc2
- version/perl perl/5.14.0-rc3
- version/perl perl/5.14.1
- version/perl perl/5.14.2