Debian Security Advisory DSA 1400-1 (perl) describes a UTF-8 related heap overflow discovered in Perl's regular expression compiler, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code by compiling specially crafted regular expressions. Upgrades are recommended for affected perl packages
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# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: deb_1400_1.nasl 6616 2017-07-07 12:10:49Z cfischer $
# Description: Auto-generated from advisory DSA 1400-1
#
# Authors:
# Thomas Reinke <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2007 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com
# Text descriptions are largerly excerpted from the referenced
# advisory, and are Copyright (c) the respective author(s)
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2,
# as published by the Free Software Foundation
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
#
include("revisions-lib.inc");
tag_insight = "Will Drewry and Tavis Ormandy of the Google Security Team have
discovered a UTF-8 related heap overflow in Perl's regular expression
compiler, probably allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code by
compiling specially crafted regular expressions.
For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in
version 5.8.8-7etch1.
For the old stable distribution (sarge), this problem has been fixed in
version 5.8.4-8sarge6.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon.
Some architectures are missing from this DSA; these updates will be
released once they are available.
We recommend that you upgrade your perl package.";
tag_summary = "The remote host is missing an update to perl
announced via advisory DSA 1400-1.";
tag_solution = "https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201400-1";
if(description)
{
script_id(58733);
script_version("$Revision: 6616 $");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-07-07 14:10:49 +0200 (Fri, 07 Jul 2017) $");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-01-17 23:23:47 +0100 (Thu, 17 Jan 2008)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2007-5116");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_name("Debian Security Advisory DSA 1400-1 (perl)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2007 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com");
script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/debian_linux", "ssh/login/packages");
script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
script_tag(name : "insight" , value : tag_insight);
script_tag(name : "summary" , value : tag_summary);
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
#
# The script code starts here
#
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");
res = "";
report = "";
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libcgi-fast-perl", ver:"5.8.4-8sarge6", rls:"DEB3.1")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"perl-doc", ver:"5.8.4-8sarge6", rls:"DEB3.1")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"perl-modules", ver:"5.8.4-8sarge6", rls:"DEB3.1")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libperl-dev", ver:"5.8.4-8sarge6", rls:"DEB3.1")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libperl5.8", ver:"5.8.4-8sarge6", rls:"DEB3.1")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"perl", ver:"5.8.4-8sarge6", rls:"DEB3.1")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"perl-base", ver:"5.8.4-8sarge6", rls:"DEB3.1")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"perl-debug", ver:"5.8.4-8sarge6", rls:"DEB3.1")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"perl-suid", ver:"5.8.4-8sarge6", rls:"DEB3.1")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libcgi-fast-perl", ver:"5.8.8-7etch1", rls:"DEB4.0")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"perl-doc", ver:"5.8.8-7etch1", rls:"DEB4.0")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"perl-modules", ver:"5.8.8-7etch1", rls:"DEB4.0")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libperl-dev", ver:"5.8.8-7etch1", rls:"DEB4.0")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libperl5.8", ver:"5.8.8-7etch1", rls:"DEB4.0")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"perl", ver:"5.8.8-7etch1", rls:"DEB4.0")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"perl-base", ver:"5.8.8-7etch1", rls:"DEB4.0")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"perl-debug", ver:"5.8.8-7etch1", rls:"DEB4.0")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"perl-suid", ver:"5.8.8-7etch1", rls:"DEB4.0")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if (report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
exit(99); # Not vulnerable.
}
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