Integer overflow in the regular expression engine in Perl 5.8.x allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and application crash) by matching a crafted regular expression against a long string.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade dev-lang/perl. | Oct 30, 2017 | Apr 20, 2010 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade runtime/perl-584 to version 5.8.4-0.175.1.11.0.3.2 on Solaris 11.1Upgrade runtime/perl-584/extra to version 5.8.4-0.175.1.11.0.3.2 on Solaris 11.1Upgrade consolidation/osnet/osnet-incorporation to version 0.5.11-0.175.2.0.0.42.2 on Solaris 11.2 | May 29, 2017 | Apr 20, 2010 |
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