Debian Security Advisory

DSA-943-1 perl -- integer overflow

Date Reported:

16 Jan 2006

Affected Packages:

perl

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 341542.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-3962.

More information:

Jack Louis discovered an integer overflow in Perl, Larry Wall's Practical Extraction and Report Language, that allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary memory and possibly execute arbitrary code via specially crafted content that is passed to vulnerable format strings of third party software.

The old stable distribution (woody) does not seem to be affected by this problem.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 5.8.4-8sarge3.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 5.8.7-9.

We recommend that you upgrade your perl packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)

Source:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl_5.8.4-8sarge3.dsc; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl_5.8.4-8sarge3.diff.gz; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl_5.8.4.orig.tar.gz
Architecture-independent component:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/libcgi-fast-perl_5.8.4-8sarge3_all.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-doc_5.8.4-8sarge3_all.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-modules_5.8.4-8sarge3_all.deb
Alpha:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/libperl-dev_5.8.4-8sarge3_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/libperl5.8_5.8.4-8sarge3_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl_5.8.4-8sarge3_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-base_5.8.4-8sarge3_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-debug_5.8.4-8sarge3_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-suid_5.8.4-8sarge3_alpha.deb
AMD64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/libperl-dev_5.8.4-8sarge3_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/libperl5.8_5.8.4-8sarge3_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl_5.8.4-8sarge3_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-base_5.8.4-8sarge3_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-debug_5.8.4-8sarge3_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-suid_5.8.4-8sarge3_amd64.deb
ARM:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/libperl-dev_5.8.4-8sarge3_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/libperl5.8_5.8.4-8sarge3_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl_5.8.4-8sarge3_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-base_5.8.4-8sarge3_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-debug_5.8.4-8sarge3_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-suid_5.8.4-8sarge3_arm.deb
Intel IA-32:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/libperl-dev_5.8.4-8sarge3_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/libperl5.8_5.8.4-8sarge3_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl_5.8.4-8sarge3_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-base_5.8.4-8sarge3_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-debug_5.8.4-8sarge3_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-suid_5.8.4-8sarge3_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/libperl-dev_5.8.4-8sarge3_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/libperl5.8_5.8.4-8sarge3_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl_5.8.4-8sarge3_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-base_5.8.4-8sarge3_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-debug_5.8.4-8sarge3_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-suid_5.8.4-8sarge3_ia64.deb
HPPA:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/libperl-dev_5.8.4-8sarge3_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/libperl5.8_5.8.4-8sarge3_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl_5.8.4-8sarge3_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-base_5.8.4-8sarge3_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-debug_5.8.4-8sarge3_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-suid_5.8.4-8sarge3_hppa.deb
Motorola 680x0:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/libperl-dev_5.8.4-8sarge3_m68k.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/libperl5.8_5.8.4-8sarge3_m68k.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl_5.8.4-8sarge3_m68k.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-base_5.8.4-8sarge3_m68k.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-debug_5.8.4-8sarge3_m68k.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-suid_5.8.4-8sarge3_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/libperl-dev_5.8.4-8sarge3_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/libperl5.8_5.8.4-8sarge3_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl_5.8.4-8sarge3_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-base_5.8.4-8sarge3_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-debug_5.8.4-8sarge3_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-suid_5.8.4-8sarge3_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/libperl-dev_5.8.4-8sarge3_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/libperl5.8_5.8.4-8sarge3_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl_5.8.4-8sarge3_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-base_5.8.4-8sarge3_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-debug_5.8.4-8sarge3_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-suid_5.8.4-8sarge3_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/libperl-dev_5.8.4-8sarge3_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/libperl5.8_5.8.4-8sarge3_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl_5.8.4-8sarge3_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-base_5.8.4-8sarge3_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-debug_5.8.4-8sarge3_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-suid_5.8.4-8sarge3_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/libperl-dev_5.8.4-8sarge3_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/libperl5.8_5.8.4-8sarge3_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl_5.8.4-8sarge3_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-base_5.8.4-8sarge3_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-debug_5.8.4-8sarge3_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-suid_5.8.4-8sarge3_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/libperl-dev_5.8.4-8sarge3_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/libperl5.8_5.8.4-8sarge3_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl_5.8.4-8sarge3_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-base_5.8.4-8sarge3_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-debug_5.8.4-8sarge3_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-suid_5.8.4-8sarge3_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.