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Mandriva Update for perl MDVSA-2013:005 (perl)

🗓️ 31 Jan 2013 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2013 Greenbone AGType 
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The remote host is missing an update for the 'perl' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory. A vulnerability has been found and corrected in perl: 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 (CVE-2012-5195). The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/advisories/?name=MDVSA-2013:005");
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.831763");
  script_version("2026-04-24T15:56:23+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-24 15:56:23 +0000 (Fri, 24 Apr 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2013-01-31 09:26:07 +0530 (Thu, 31 Jan 2013)");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2012-5195");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_xref(name:"MDVSA", value:"2013:005");
  script_name("Mandriva Update for perl MDVSA-2013:005 (perl)");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'perl'
  package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2013 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Mandrake Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/mandriva_mandrake_linux", "ssh/login/release", re:"ssh/login/release=MNDK_(2011\.0|mes5\.2)");
  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"perl on Mandriva Linux 2011.0,
  Mandriva Enterprise Server 5.2");
  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please Install the Updated Packages.");
  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"A vulnerability has been found and corrected in perl:

  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 (CVE-2012-5195).

  The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.");

  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");

release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release) exit(0);

res = "";

if(release == "MNDK_2011.0")
{

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"perl", rpm:"perl~5.12.3~8.2", rls:"MNDK_2011.0")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"perl-base", rpm:"perl-base~5.12.3~8.2", rls:"MNDK_2011.0")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"perl-devel", rpm:"perl-devel~5.12.3~8.2", rls:"MNDK_2011.0")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"perl-doc", rpm:"perl-doc~5.12.3~8.2", rls:"MNDK_2011.0")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if (__pkg_match) exit(99);
  exit(0);
}


if(release == "MNDK_mes5.2")
{

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"perl", rpm:"perl~5.10.0~25.5mdvmes5.2", rls:"MNDK_mes5.2")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"perl-base", rpm:"perl-base~5.10.0~25.5mdvmes5.2", rls:"MNDK_mes5.2")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"perl-devel", rpm:"perl-devel~5.10.0~25.5mdvmes5.2", rls:"MNDK_mes5.2")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"perl-doc", rpm:"perl-doc~5.10.0~25.5mdvmes5.2", rls:"MNDK_mes5.2")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"perl-suid", rpm:"perl-suid~5.10.0~25.5mdvmes5.2", rls:"MNDK_mes5.2")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if (__pkg_match) exit(99);
  exit(0);
}

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24 Apr 2026 00:00Current
7.3High risk
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CVSS 27.5
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