CVE-2005-3962

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2005-12-01
Bugzilla:
1617848: CVE-2005-3962 security flaw

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Integer overflow in the format string functionality (Perl_sv_vcatpvfn) in Perl 5.9.2 and 5.8.6 Perl allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary memory and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers with large values, which causes an integer wrap and leads to a buffer overflow, as demonstrated using format string vulnerabilities in Perl applications.

Find out more about CVE-2005-3962 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (perl) RHSA-2005:880 2005-12-20
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (perl) RHSA-2005:881 2005-12-20

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