CVE-1999-0034 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in suidperl (sperl) within Perl versions 4.x and 5.x, impacting systems such as BSDi, Red Hat, and SGI. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.2) allows a local attacker to achieve complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, multiple public exploits exist on ExploitDB, demonstrating its exploitability, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sgi:freeware:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sgi:freeware:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:bsdi:bsd_os:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:bsdi:bsd_os:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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