Title : OpenPKG Security Update Fixes Perl Integer Overflow Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2005-2714 CVE ID : CVE-2005-3962
Rated as : Moderate Risk
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2005-12-05
Technical Description
OpenPKG has released updated packages to address a vulnerability identified in Perl. This flaw is due to an integer overflow error in the "Perl_sv_vcatpvfn()" [sv.c] function that does not properly handle format string specifiers with large values, which could be exploited by attackers, in conjunction with format string vulnerabilities present in Perl applications, to crash an affected application and possibly execute arbitrary code. For additional information, see : VUPEN/ADV-2005-2688
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