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CVE-2012-5195

CVE-2012-5195

EPSS 4.9%
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.
Affected products
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References
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10673http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10735http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/2709980d5a193ce6f3a16f0d19879a6560dcde44http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0685.htmlhttp://secunia.com/advisories/51457http://secunia.com/advisories/55314https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0352http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2586http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:113http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2012/10/msg193886.htmlhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/26/2