[Mpls-pm] Fwd: Perl format string integer wrap vulnerability

Andy Lester andy at petdance.com
Fri Dec 2 09:33:47 PST 2005


On Fri, Dec 02, 2005 at 11:29:02AM -0600, Joshua ben Jore (twists at gmail.com) wrote:
> BTW, does anyone know how to get perl to do something more useful than
> segfault when given a bad format? The bug is triggered by using a
> format like "%" . ( $n + MAXINT ) . "d". The number is getting

perl5-porters is currrently working on creating patches for public
release.  Watch perlfoundation.org and other news sources for
information when I make an announcement

Andy
PR guy for TPF

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