KF (lists) wrote:
> Much thanks on the quick response and fix.
> Attached are the PoC for each condition incase you were wondering how 
> exploitable this *was*.
> 
> Do you have any idea what the span of this bug is (like what versions 
> are affected)?

I'd say every release since we have PerlIO, e.g. every 5.8.x for x in
0..6.

> Will there be a new release or perl announcement about 
> this bug(s)?

That's to be appreciated by the maint pumpking.

Vendors are of course encouraged to grab those patches.

A new package of perl for mandrakelinux is already on its way to the
mirrors, and an security advisory accordingly on BugTraq.

> And finally, was this actually the buggy line of code for the overflow 
> or was it elsewhere?

Yes. Actually only threaded perls were affected.

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