PT-2017-12707 · Perl · Perl

Published 2017-09-27 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2017-12814

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Perl versions prior to 5.24.3-RC1 Perl versions 5.26.x prior to 5.26.1-RC1

Description The issue is related to a stack-based buffer overflow in the CPerlHost::Add method. This method is located in the win32/perlhost.h file in Perl. The overflow can be triggered by a long environment variable, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Recommendations For versions prior to 5.24.3-RC1, update to version 5.24.3-RC1 or later. For versions 5.26.x prior to 5.26.1-RC1, update to version 5.26.1-RC1 or later.

Exploit

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-12814

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11158-1

Affected Products

Perl

References · 20

• 🔥 https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=131665 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:11158-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-12814 · Vendor Advisory
• https://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/log/refs/tags/v5.24.3-RC1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12814 · Security Note
• https://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/log/refs/tags/v5.26.1-RC1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/101051 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-12814 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-10543 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-10878 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-3962 · Note
• https://oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-12837 · Note
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180426-0001 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-12883 · Note