PT-2018-2927 · Perl Foundation · Perl
Published
2018-12-03
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Updated
2018-12-03
CVSS v2.0
4.9
Medium
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
perl (affected versions not specified)
Description
The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the a2p utility of the perl package. This occurs when a specially crafted file is passed as a command-line argument, potentially allowing an attacker to cause a denial of service.
Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Memory Corruption
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Weakness Enumeration
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Affected Products
Perl