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CVE-2005-3962 Detail

Current Description

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.7/common/007_perl.patch CVE, Inc., Red Hat
ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.8/common/001_perl.patch CVE, Inc., Red Hat
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060101-01-U CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=001056 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304829 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Nov/msg00001.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=113342788118630&w=2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/17762 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/17802 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/17844 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/17941 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/17952 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/17993 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/18075 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/18183 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/18187 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/18295 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/18413 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/18517 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/19041 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/20894 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/23155 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/31208 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102192-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-081.htm CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-943 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.dyadsecurity.com/perl-0002.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-01.xml CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.ipcop.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=41 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/948385 CVE, Inc., Red Hat US Government Resource 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:225 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_29_sr.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_71_perl.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.openbsd.org/errata37.html#perl CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.openpkg.org/security/OpenPKG-SA-2005.025-perl.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.osvdb.org/21345 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.osvdb.org/22255 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-880.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-881.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/418333/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438726/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15629 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0070 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-333A.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat US Government Resource 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2688 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0771 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2613 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4750 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10598 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1074 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://usn.ubuntu.com/222-1/ CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-legacy-announce/2006-February/msg00008.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2005-3962
NVD Published Date:
12/01/2005
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.