Mac OS X's Installer utility has a format string bug that can be triggered by maliciously crafted package file names, according to the Month of Apple Bugs project. "This is another issue related with ...

The Perl Foundation has toned down a warning on a type of vulnerability commonly found in applications written in the Perl programming language. Two weeks after experts sounded an alarm on so-called ...

A type of security flaw in Perl applications that experts thought could lead only to a denial-of-service attack is now believed to be much more serious. Dyad Security on Tuesday warned of a so-called ...

Format string vulnerabilities. Format strings are what tell, say, a printer how to present letters and numbers on a page. If a user inputs rogue code into the format string, they can take control of ...