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Gentoo: GLSA-201507-11 Standard: Perl Service Interruption Alert

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Calendar Grey July 10, 2015
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Perl security flaw allows remote exploit leading to Denial of Service on Gentoo systems. Apply the patch to enhance protection.
A vulnerability in Perl allows a remote attacker to cause Denial of Service.

Summary

S_regmatch() function lacks proper checks before passing arguments to atoi()

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo perl normal severity

Resolution

All Perl users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/perl-5.20.1-r4"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2013-7422 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-7422

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-11
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: Perl: Denial of Service
Date: July 10, 2015
Bugs: #216671
ID: 201507-11

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo perl normal severity

Synopsis

A vulnerability in Perl allows a remote attacker to cause Denial of Service.

Background

Perl is a highly capable, feature-rich programming language.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-lang/perl < 5.20.1-r4 >= 5.20.1-r4

Impact

===== A remote attacker could send a specially crafted input, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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