RedHatRHSA-2008:0522(RHSA-2008:0522) Important: perl security update
5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.01 Low
EPSS
Percentile
81.7%
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. A specially crafted
regular expression with Unicode characters could trigger a buffer overflow,
causing Perl to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the user running Perl. (CVE-2008-1927)
Users of perl are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain a backported patch to resolve this issue.
| OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RedHat | 4 | ia64 | perl-suidperl | <Β 5.8.5-36.el4_6.3 | perl-suidperl-5.8.5-36.el4_6.3.ia64.rpm |
| RedHat | any | i386 | perl-cgi | <Β 2.89-98.EL3 | perl-CGI-2.89-98.EL3.i386.rpm |
| RedHat | any | i386 | perl-cpan | <Β 1.61-98.EL3 | perl-CPAN-1.61-98.EL3.i386.rpm |
| RedHat | any | x86_64 | perl | <Β 5.8.0-98.EL3 | perl-5.8.0-98.EL3.x86_64.rpm |
| RedHat | 5 | x86_64 | perl | <Β 5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 | perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3.x86_64.rpm |
| RedHat | 4 | ppc | perl | <Β 5.8.5-36.el4_6.3 | perl-5.8.5-36.el4_6.3.ppc.rpm |
| RedHat | any | s390x | perl | <Β 5.8.0-98.EL3 | perl-5.8.0-98.EL3.s390x.rpm |
| RedHat | any | s390 | perl-suidperl | <Β 5.8.0-98.EL3 | perl-suidperl-5.8.0-98.EL3.s390.rpm |
| RedHat | 4 | src | perl | <Β 5.8.5-36.el4_6.3 | perl-5.8.5-36.el4_6.3.src.rpm |
| RedHat | 5 | ppc | perl-suidperl | <Β 5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 | perl-suidperl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3.ppc.rpm |
Related
5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.01 Low
EPSS
Percentile
81.7%