CVE-2012-5195 Information

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the Perl_repeatcpy function in util.c in Perl 5.12.x before 5.12.5 5.14.x before 5.14.3 and 5.15.x before 15.15.5 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via the ‘x’ string repeat operator.

Reference

http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10673 http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705 http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10735 http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/2709980d5a193ce6f3a16f0d19879a6560dcde44 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0685.html http://secunia.com/advisories/51457 http://secunia.com/advisories/55314 http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2586 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:113 http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2012/10/msg193886.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/26/2 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/27/1 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56287 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1643-1 https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0352