Activestate Activeperl up to 5.8.3 integer coercion

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Activestate Activeperl up to 5.8.3 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Executing a manipulation can lead to integer coercion. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2004-2286. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Activestate Activeperl up to 5.8.3 (Programming Language Software) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a integer coercion vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-192. Integer coercion refers to a set of flaws pertaining to the type casting, extension, or truncation of primitive data types. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Integer overflow in the duplication operator in ActivePerl allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large multiplier, which may trigger a buffer overflow.

The weakness was presented 12/31/2004 by Matt Murphy (Website). The advisory is shared for download at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability was named CVE-2004-2286 since 08/04/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (16224), Exploit-DB (24130) and SecurityFocus (BID 10380†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Integer coercion
CWE: CWE-192 / CWE-189
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Timelineinfo

05/18/2004 🔍
12/31/2004 +227 days 🔍
12/31/2004 +0 days 🔍
08/04/2005 +216 days 🔍
03/09/2015 +3504 days 🔍
01/05/2025 +3590 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Researcher: Matt Murphy
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2004-2286 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-2286
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-23188
X-Force: 16224 - Perl and ActivePerl duplication operator integer overflow
SecurityFocus: 10380 - Multiple Perl Implementation Duplication Operator Integer Overflow Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/09/2015 16:19
Updated: 01/05/2025 02:01
Changes: 03/09/2015 16:19 (47), 06/25/2018 09:14 (7), 01/05/2025 02:01 (27)
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