Oval Definition:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10579
Revision Date:2013-04-29Version:12
Title:Double free vulnerability in Perl 5.8.8 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) via a crafted regular expression containing UTF8 characters. NOTE: this issue might only be present on certain operating systems.
Description:Double free vulnerability in Perl 5.8.8 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) via a crafted regular expression containing UTF8 characters. NOTE: this issue might only be present on certain operating systems.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:ACCEPTEDReference(s):CVE-2008-1927
Platform(s):CentOS Linux 3
CentOS Linux 4
CentOS Linux 5
Oracle Linux 4
Oracle Linux 5
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • OS Section: RHEL3, CentOS3
  • RHEL3 or CentOS3
  • The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
  • OR CentOS Linux 3.x
  • AND Configuration section
  • perl-suidperl is earlier than 2:5.8.0-98.EL3
  • OR perl is earlier than 2:5.8.0-98.EL3
  • OR perl-CPAN is earlier than 2:1.61-98.EL3
  • OR perl-CGI is earlier than 2:2.89-98.EL3
  • OR perl-DB_File is earlier than 2:1.806-98.EL3
  • OR OS Section: RHEL4, CentOS4, Oracle Linux 4
  • RHEL4, CentOS4 or Oracle Linux 4
  • The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
  • OR CentOS Linux 4.x
  • OR Oracle Linux 4.x
  • AND Configuration section
  • perl-suidperl is earlier than 3:5.8.5-36.el4_6.3
  • OR perl is earlier than 3:5.8.5-36.el4_6.3
  • OR OS Section: RHEL5, CentOS5, Oracle Linux 5
  • RHEL5, CentOS5 or Oracle Linux 5
  • The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • OR The operating system installed on the system is CentOS Linux 5.x
  • OR Oracle Linux 5.x
  • AND Configuration section
  • perl-suidperl is earlier than 0:5.8.8-10.el5_2.3
  • OR perl is earlier than 0:5.8.8-10.el5_2.3
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