Out-of-Bounds Affecting axis package, versions <0:1.2.1-1jpp_3rh


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.83% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-AXIS-9841812
  • published28 Apr 2025
  • disclosed5 Nov 2007

Introduced: 5 Nov 2007

CVE-2007-5116  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:10 axis to version 0:1.2.1-1jpp_3rh or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2010:0602.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream axis package and not the axis package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 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

CVSS Base Scores

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