CVE-1999-0034

Summary

CVE-1999-0034 is a vulnerability affecting both Perl 4.x and 5.x versions of the suidperl (sperl) utility. This issue involves a buffer overflow, allowing attackers to inject malicious code and potentially gain root privileges on impacted systems. Exploiting this vulnerability could result in serious security consequences, including data theft or system takeover. The Perl community released updates to address the issue, and it is recommended that users apply these patches as soon as possible to mitigate the risk.

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