Privilege Escalation

Perl is a high-level programming language commonly used for system administration utilities and web programming. A heap overflow flaw was found in Perl. If a Perl application allowed user input to control the count argument of the string repeat operator, an attacker could cause the application to...

Memory Corruption

Perl is a high-level programming language commonly used for system administration utilities and web programming. A heap overflow flaw was found in Perl. If a Perl application allowed user input to control the count argument of the string repeat operator, an attacker could cause the application to...

OracleVM 3.2 : perl (OVMSA-2016-0076)

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - Do not extend allowable epoch values in Time::Local::timelocal to remove useless warning on 64-bit platforms Resolves: rhbz1149375 - Fix perl segfaults with custom signal handle Resolves: rhbz991854 -...

Oracle: Security Advisory (ELSA-2013-0685)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

F5 Networks BIG-IP : Perl vulnerabilities (K15867)

CVE-2012-5195 Heap-based buffer overflow in the Perlrepeatcpy 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...

Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2013-177)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Oracle Solaris Third-Party Patch Update : perl-512 (cve_2012_5195_heap_buffer)

The remote Solaris system is missing necessary patches to address security updates : - Heap-based buffer overflow in the Perlrepeatcpy 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...

Oracle Solaris Third-Party Patch Update : perl-58 (cve_2012_5195_buffer_errors)

The remote Solaris system is missing necessary patches to address security updates : - Heap-based buffer overflow in the Perlrepeatcpy 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...

SOL15867 - Perl vulnerabilities CVE-2012-5195, CVE-2012-5526, CVE-2012-6329, and CVE-2013-1667

Vulnerability Recommended Actions If you are running a version listed in the Versions known to be vulnerable column, you can eliminate this vulnerability by upgrading to a version listed in the Versions known to be not vulnerable column. If the table lists only an older version than what you are...

Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-2586-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the Debian SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Amazon Linux AMI : perl (ALAS-2013-177)

A heap overflow flaw was found in Perl. If a Perl application allowed user input to control the count argument of the string repeat operator, an attacker could cause the application to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : perl (MDVSA-2013:113)

Updated perl packages fix security vulnerability : It was discovered that Perl's 'x' string repeat operator is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow. An attacker could use this to execute arbitrary code CVE-2012-5195. The compile function in Maketext.pm in the Locale::Maketext implementation...

Scientific Linux Security Update : perl on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20130326)

A heap overflow flaw was found in Perl. If a Perl application allowed user input to control the count argument of the string repeat operator, an attacker could cause the application to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application...

RedHat Update for perl RHSA-2013:0685-01

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription scriptxrefname:"URL",...

RedHat Update for perl RHSA-2013:0685-01

Check for the Version of perl OpenVAS Vulnerability Test RedHat Update for perl RHSA-2013:0685-01 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2013 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms o...

CentOS Update for perl CESA-2013:0685 centos6

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription scripttagname:"affected", value:"per...

CentOS Update for perl CESA-2013:0685 centos5

Check for the Version of perl OpenVAS Vulnerability Test CentOS Update for perl CESA-2013:0685 centos5 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2013 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: perl security update

Updated perl packages that fix multiple security issues now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are...

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

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription scriptxrefname:"URL",...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : perl (MDVSA-2013:005)

A vulnerability has been found and corrected in perl : Heap-based buffer overflow in the Perlrepeatcpy 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...