The (1) S_reghop3, (2) S_reghop4, and (3) S_reghopmaybe3 functions in regexec.c in Perl before 5.24.0 allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via crafted utf-8 data, as demonstrated by "a\x80."
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade perl | Jul 30, 2024 | May 25, 2016 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade dev-lang/perl. | Oct 30, 2017 | May 25, 2016 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade perl-macrosUpgrade perlUpgrade perl-coreUpgrade perl-libsUpgrade perl-devel | Sep 12, 2019 | May 25, 2016 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | — | Upgrade perlUpgrade perl-libsUpgrade perl-develUpgrade perl-macrosUpgrade perl-core | Sep 25, 2019 | May 25, 2016 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5 | — | Upgrade perl-develUpgrade perl-libsUpgrade perl-macrosUpgrade perl-coreUpgrade perl | Aug 16, 2019 | May 25, 2016 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade runtime/perl-threaded-512 to version 5.12.5-0.175.3.9.0.2.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade runtime/perl-584 to version 5.8.4-0.175.3.10.0.1.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade runtime/perl-584/extra to version 5.8.4-0.175.3.10.0.1.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade runtime/perl-512 to version 5.12.5-0.175.3.9.0.2.0 on Solaris 11.3 | May 29, 2017 | May 25, 2016 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Jan 7, 2015 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade perl-x86Upgrade perl-32bitUpgrade perl-baseUpgrade perl-Test-SimpleUpgrade sles12-docker-imageUpgrade perlUpgrade perl-base-32bitUpgrade perl-docUpgrade sles12sp1-docker-imageUpgrade perl-Module-Build | Sep 6, 2016 | May 25, 2016 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade perl | Apr 25, 2018 | May 25, 2016 |
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