perl 5.8.0 perlio memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in perl 5.8.0. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component perlio. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2005-0155. Furthermore, an exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in perl 5.8.0 (Programming Language Software). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component perlio. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

the perlio implementation in perl 5.8.0 when installed with setuid support (sperl) allows local users to create arbitrary files via the perlio_debug variable.

The bug was discovered 08/10/2006. The weakness was published 05/02/2005 (Website). The advisory is shared at ubuntulinux.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-0155 since 01/27/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. 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. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 16450 (GLSA-200502-13 : Perl: Vulnerabilities in perl-suid wrapper), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 117679 (CentOS Security Update for Perl (CESA-2006:0605)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (19207), Exploit-DB (792), Tenable (16450), SecurityFocus (BID 12426†) and OSVDB (13451†). Similar entries are available at VDB-1172, VDB-1171 and VDB-31763. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Access: Public
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Nessus ID: 16450
Nessus Name: GLSA-200502-13 : Perl: Vulnerabilities in perl-suid wrapper
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OpenVAS ID: 52198
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: perl
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: ubuntulinux.org
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2005-0155 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0155
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-24325

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X-Force: 19207
SecurityFocus: 12426 - Perl SuidPerl Multiple Local Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 14120
OSVDB: 13451 - Perl PERLIO_DEBUG Arbitrary File Overwrite
Vulnerability Center: 7097 - PerlIO in Perl 5.* Local Arbitrary File Creation via PERLIO_DEBUG Variable, Medium

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

Created: 03/10/2015 23:05
Updated: 07/05/2025 16:40
Changes: 03/10/2015 23:05 (78), 05/30/2019 10:22 (5), 06/26/2024 11:34 (16), 07/05/2025 16:40 (5)
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