security flaw
Published Feb 7, 2005
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.31%
Description
Buffer overflow in the PerlIO implementation in Perl 5.8.0, when installed with setuid support (sperl), allows local users to execute arbitrary code by setting the PERLIO_DEBUG variable and executing a Perl script whose full pathname contains a long directory tree.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 5.8.0
- 5.8.1
- 5.8.3
- 5.8.4
- 5.8.4.1
- 5.8.4.2
- 5.8.4.2.3
- 5.8.4.3
- 5.8.4.4
- 5.8.4.5
- 3.0
Configuration 2
- 5.2
- 5.3
- 3.0
- 3.0
- 3.0
- 3.0
- core_3.0
- 8.0
- 8.0
- 8.1
- 8.2
- 9.0
- 9.0
- 9.1
- 9.2
- 1.5
- 2.0
- 2.1
- 2.2
- 4.1
- 4.1
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
perl-2:5.8.0-89.10
Fixed · RHSA-2005:105
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
perl-3:5.8.5-12.1
Fixed · RHSA-2005:103
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | perl-2:5.8.0-89.10 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:105 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | perl-3:5.8.5-12.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:103 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (8 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.31% (0.01315) | 69.70th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.31% (0.01315) | 66.90th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.38% (0.00376) | 57.08th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 0.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 0.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 5.63% (0.05625) | 90.08th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 5.63% (0.05625) | 89.09th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 5.63% (0.05625) | 76.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (19)
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=001056 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVA
- http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA--.shtml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110737149402683&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=110779721503111&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14120 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55314 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.digitalmunition.com/DMA%5B2005-0131b%5D.txt x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-13.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOExploitVendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:031 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-103.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-105.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12426 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0003/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIXPatchVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-0156 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617477 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19208 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0156
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10803 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-0156
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.