CVE-2005-3962

NameCVE-2005-3962
DescriptionInteger 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-943-1
Debian Bugs341542

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
perl (PTS)bookworm5.36.0-7+deb12u3fixed
bookworm (security)5.36.0-7+deb12u2fixed
trixie5.40.1-6+deb13u1fixed
forky, sid5.42.3-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
perlsourcewoody(not affected)DSA-943-1
perlsourcesarge5.8.4-8sarge3DSA-943-1
perlsource(unstable)5.8.7-9medium341542
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