GLSA Advocate
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Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2015 9:26 am Post subject: [ GLSA 201507-11 ] Perl |
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
Title: Perl: Denial of Service (GLSA 201507-11)
Severity: normal
Exploitable: remote
Date: July 10, 2015
Bug(s): #216671
ID: 201507-11
Synopsis
A vulnerability in Perl allows a remote attacker to cause Denial of
Service.
Background
Perl is a highly capable, feature-rich programming language.
Affected Packages
Package: dev-lang/perl
Vulnerable: < 5.20.1-r4
Unaffected: >= 5.20.1-r4
Architectures: All supported architectures
Description
S_regmatch() function lacks proper checks before passing arguments to
atoi()
Impact
A remote attacker could send a specially crafted input, possibly
resulting in a Denial of Service condition.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All Perl users should upgrade to the latest version: Code: | # emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/perl-5.20.1-r4"
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References
CVE-2013-7422 |
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