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Scientific Linux: CVE-2007-5116 Moderate: Perl Memory Allocation Issue

Calendar Nov 13, 2007 • User Avatar LinuxSecurity Advisories
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security advisory arbitrary code execution perl memory allocation issue Scientific Linux
Important: perl security update 
Date:         Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:45:38 -0600
Reply-To:     Troy Dawson 
Sender:       Security Errata for Scientific Linux
              
From:         Troy Dawson 
Subject:      Security ERRATA for perl on SL5.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis:	Important: perl security update
Issue date:	2007-11-05
CVE Names:	CVE-2007-5116

A flaw was found in Perl's 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)

SL 5.x

   SRPMS:
perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2.src.rpm
   i386:
perl-5.8.8-10.el5.2.i386.rpm
perl-suidperl-5.8.8-10.el5.2.i386.rpm
   x86_64:
perl-5.8.8-10.el5.2.i386.rpm
perl-5.8.8-10.el5.2.x86_64.rpm
perl-suidperl-5.8.8-10.el5.2.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson