CVE-1999-0034

Summary

CVE-1999-0034 identifies a buffer overflow vulnerability in the suidperl (sperl) component of Perl 4.x and 5.x. This issue arises due to insufficient bounds checking in the handling of certain data inputs, allowing an attacker to inject malicious code and potentially gain root access to a system. The vulnerability can be exploited through various Perl modules or scripts that make use of the suidperl functionality. It is essential to apply available patches or upgrade to a secure version of Perl to mitigate this risk.

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