CVE-2005-3962

Name	CVE-2005-3962
Description	Integer overflow in the format string functionality (Perl_sv_vcatpvfn) in Perl 5.9.2 and 5.8.6 Perl allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary memory and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers with large values, which causes an integer wrap and leads to a buffer overflow, as demonstrated using format string vulnerabilities in Perl applications.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DSA-943-1
Debian Bugs	341542

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
perl (PTS)	jessie, jessie (lts)	5.20.2-3+deb8u14	fixed
	stretch (security)	5.24.1-3+deb9u5	fixed
	stretch (lts), stretch	5.24.1-3+deb9u8	fixed
	buster, buster (lts)	5.28.1-6+deb10u2	fixed
	bullseye	5.32.1-4+deb11u3	fixed
	bullseye (security)	5.32.1-4+deb11u4	fixed
	bookworm	5.36.0-7+deb12u1	fixed
	sid, trixie	5.40.0-7	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
perl	source	woody	(not affected)		DSA-943-1
perl	source	sarge	5.8.4-8sarge3		DSA-943-1
perl	source	(unstable)	5.8.7-9	medium		341542