Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201588530000000
Revision Date:2016-05-25Version:1
Title:CVE-2015-8853 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.
Description: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."
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2015-8853
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND perl package in xenial, is related to the CVE in some way and has been fixed (note: '5.22.1-9').
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