Oval Definition:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20069
Revision Date:2014-06-23Version:6
Title:DSA-1556-2 perl - denial of service
Description:It has been discovered that the Perl interpreter may encounter a buffer overflow condition when compiling certain regular expressions containing Unicode characters. This also happens if the offending characters are contained in a variable reference protected by the \Q...\E quoting construct. When encountering this condition, the Perl interpreter typically crashes, but arbitrary code execution cannot be ruled out.
Family:unixClass:patch
Status:ACCEPTEDReference(s):CVE-2008-1927
DSA-1556-2
Platform(s):Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
Product(s):perl
Definition Synopsis
  • Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 is installed.
  • AND perl DPKG is earlier than 0:5.8.8-7etch3
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