CVE-2005-0156

Publication date 7 February 2005

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Unknown

Why this priority?

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
perl 7.04 feisty
Fixed 5.8.7-10ubuntu1
6.10 edgy
Fixed 5.8.7-10ubuntu1
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 5.8.7-10ubuntu1

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-72-1
    • Perl vulnerabilities
    • 2 February 2005

Other references