483448 – (CVE-2012-5195) <dev-lang/perl-5.16.3 : Buffer overflow (CVE-2012-5195)

Bug 483448 (CVE-2012-5195) - <dev-lang/perl-5.16.3 : Buffer overflow (CVE-2012-5195)

Summary: <dev-lang/perl-5.16.3 : Buffer overflow (CVE-2012-5195)

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	CVE-2012-5195

Product:	Gentoo Security
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal major (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Security

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Whiteboard:	A2 [glsa]
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Depends on:	461898
Blocks:
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Reported:	2013-09-03 01:44 UTC by GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot
Modified:	2014-01-19 16:38 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot gentoo-dev

2013-09-03 01:44:17 UTC

CVE-2012-5195 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-5195):
  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.


Looks like the only thing that needs stabilizing is 5.12.5. @maintainers: good to stabilize it?

Comment 1 Mikle Kolyada (RETIRED) archtester

2013-09-03 11:32:44 UTC

we'll stabilize 5.16.3 ASAP. (bug 461898)

Comment 2 GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot gentoo-dev

2014-01-19 16:38:40 UTC

This issue was resolved and addressed in
 GLSA 201401-11 at http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201401-11.xml
by GLSA coordinator Chris Reffett (creffett).