RedHatRHSA-2007:1011(RHSA-2007:1011) Important: perl security update
7.5 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.032 Low
EPSS
Percentile
90.2%
Perl is a high-level programming language commonly used for system
administration utilities and Web programming.
A flaw was found in Perlβs regular expression engine. Specially crafted
input to a regular expression can cause Perl to improperly allocate memory,
possibly resulting in arbitrary code running with the permissions of the
user running Perl. (CVE-2007-5116)
Users of Perl are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain a backported patch to correct this issue.
Red Hat would like to thank Tavis Ormandy and Will Drewry for properly
disclosing this issue.
| OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RedHat | 4 | i386 | perl | <Β 5.8.8-5.el4s1_2 | perl-5.8.8-5.el4s1_2.i386.rpm |
| RedHat | 4 | i386 | perl-suidperl | <Β 5.8.8-5.el4s1_2 | perl-suidperl-5.8.8-5.el4s1_2.i386.rpm |
| RedHat | 4 | x86_64 | perl | <Β 5.8.8-5.el4s1_2 | perl-5.8.8-5.el4s1_2.x86_64.rpm |
| RedHat | 4 | x86_64 | perl-suidperl | <Β 5.8.8-5.el4s1_2 | perl-suidperl-5.8.8-5.el4s1_2.x86_64.rpm |
Related
7.5 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.032 Low
EPSS
Percentile
90.2%