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authorV3n3RiX <venerix@redcorelinux.org>2017-10-09 18:53:29 +0100
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="200711-28">
+ <title>Perl: Buffer overflow</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ A buffer overflow in the Regular Expression engine in Perl possibly allows
+ for the execution of arbitrary code.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">perl</product>
+ <announced>2007-11-19</announced>
+ <revised>2007-11-19: 01</revised>
+ <bug>198196</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="dev-lang/perl" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">5.8.8-r4</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">5.8.8-r4</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ Perl is a stable, cross-platform programming language created by Larry
+ Wall.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ Tavis Ormandy and Will Drewry (Google Security Team) discovered a
+ heap-based buffer overflow in the Regular Expression engine (regcomp.c)
+ that occurs when switching from byte to Unicode (UTF-8) characters in a
+ regular expression.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>
+ A remote attacker could either entice a user to compile a specially
+ crafted regular expression or actively compile it in case the script
+ accepts remote input of regular expressions, possibly leading to the
+ execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running
+ Perl.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>
+ There is no known workaround at this time.
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>
+ All Perl users should upgrade to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=dev-lang/perl-5.8.8-r4"</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5116">CVE-2007-5116</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2007-11-14T01:27:30Z">
+ rbu
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2007-11-15T00:34:08Z">
+ rbu
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2007-11-19T14:24:28Z">
+ rbu
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>