CVE-2005-0155

Publication date 2 May 2005

Last updated 17 July 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

The PerlIO implementation in Perl 5.8.0, when installed with setuid support (sperl), allows local users to create arbitrary files via the PERLIO_DEBUG variable.

Status

No maintained releases are affected by this CVE.

Package Ubuntu Release Status
perl 7.04 feisty
Fixed 5.8.7-10ubuntu1
6.10 edgy
Fixed 5.8.7-10ubuntu1
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 5.8.7-10ubuntu1

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-72-1
    • Perl vulnerabilities
    • 2 February 2005

Other references