PT-2004-1529 · Perl Foundation+1 · Perl+1

Published 2004-04-06 · Updated 2025-07-24 · CVE-2004-0377

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions ActivePerl versions prior to 5.8.3 Perl versions prior to 5.8.3

Description The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the win32 stat function, which can be exploited by local or remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands. This can be achieved by using filenames that end in a backslash character.

Recommendations For ActivePerl versions prior to 5.8.3, update to version 5.8.3 or later to resolve the issue. For Perl versions prior to 5.8.3, update to version 5.8.3 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2004-0377

OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15377-1

Affected Products

Activeperl

Perl

References · 9

• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/722414 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0377 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2025:15377-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-April/019794.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108118694327979&w=2 · Note
• http://public.activestate.com/cgi-bin/perlbrowse?patch=22552 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15732 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-0377 · Note
• http://idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=93&type=vulnerabilities · Note