Out-of-Bounds Affecting perl package, versions <5.8.8-12
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
3.79% (93rd
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-PERL-517357
- published 7 Nov 2007
- disclosed 7 Nov 2007
Introduced: 7 Nov 2007
CVE-2007-5116 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:11 perl to version 5.8.8-12 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perl package and not the perl package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.
Buffer overflow in the polymorphic opcode support in the Regular Expression Engine (regcomp.c) in Perl 5.8 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code by switching from byte to Unicode (UTF) characters in a regular expression.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-5116
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ10220
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ10244
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483563/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483584/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485936/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486859/100/0/threaded
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html
- ftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/README
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1813
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-014.htm
- http://www.ipcop.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=41
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1400
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200711-28.xml
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120352263023774&w=2
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000002.html
- http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.023.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10669
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=323571
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=378131
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1018899
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27479
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27515
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27531
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27546
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27548
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27570
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27613
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27756
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27936
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28167
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28368
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28387
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28993
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29074
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31208
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26350
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_24_sr.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-552-1
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0001.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3724
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4255
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0064
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0641
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38270
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-31524-1
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-231524-1
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1018985.1-1
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:207
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0966.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1011.html
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