Apple Mac OS X up to 10.8 Perl resource management

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.8 (Operating System). Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component Perl. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is confidentiality, and integrity. CVE summarizes:

The rehash mechanism in Perl 5.8.2 through 5.16.x allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and crash) via a crafted hash key.

The weakness was presented 10/22/2013 as APPLE-SA-2013-10-22-3 as confirmed mailinglist post (Apple Security Mailinglist). The advisory is shared for download at lists.apple.com. The mailinglist post contains:

The rehash mechanism in outdated versions of Perl may be vulnerable to denial of service in scripts that use untrusted input as hash keys. The issue is addressed by updating to Perl 5.16.2.
This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2013-1667 since 02/13/2013. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 80726 (Oracle Solaris Third-Party Patch Update : perl-512 (cve_2013_1667_denial_of1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Solaris Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 350569 (Amazon Linux Security Advisory for perl: ALAS-2013-177).

Upgrading to version 10.9 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at perl5.git.perl.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (82598) and Tenable (80726). See 7882, 10946, 10932 and 10931 for similar entries.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Nessus ID: 80726
Nessus Name: Oracle Solaris Third-Party Patch Update : perl-512 (cve_2013_1667_denial_of1)
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OpenVAS ID: 892641
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2641-2 (perl - rehashing flaw
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.9
Patch: perl5.git.perl.org

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Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: APPLE-SA-2013-10-22-3
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-1667 (🔍)
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X-Force: 82598 - Perl rehash denial of service
Vulnerability Center: 48777 - Perl 5.8.2 - 5.16.* Context-Dependent Denial of Service via a Crafted Hash Key, Medium
SecurityFocus: 58311 - Perl CVE-2013-1667 Input Rehashing Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 52472
OSVDB: 90892

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 10/23/2013 17:41
Updated: 06/01/2021 08:03
Changes: 10/23/2013 17:41 (49), 06/21/2017 10:47 (36), 06/01/2021 08:03 (3)
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