Double free vulnerability in Perl 5.8.8 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) via a crafted regular expression containing UTF8 characters. NOTE: this issue might only be present on certain operating systems.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 6.2
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Osx Perl | — | Apply OS X security update 2009-001 | Dec 16, 2011 | Apr 24, 2008 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade perl | Jul 30, 2024 | Apr 24, 2008 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade sys-devel/libperl.Upgrade dev-lang/perl. | Oct 30, 2017 | Apr 24, 2008 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade perl-suidperlUpgrade perl | Oct 16, 2024 | Apr 23, 2008 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade perl-docUpgrade perlUpgrade perl-64bitUpgrade perl-32bitUpgrade suse-releaseUpgrade perl-x86Upgrade perl-base | Feb 17, 2015 | Apr 24, 2008 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libperl5.8Upgrade perl-modulesUpgrade libarchive-tar-perl | Nov 8, 2024 | Apr 24, 2008 |
| Vmsa 2008 0013 | — | Apply ESX350-200808406-SG. | Nov 19, 2010 | Apr 24, 2008 |
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