CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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A vulnerability was found in Perl 5.10.1 (Programming Language Software). It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:
Perl 5.10.1 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a UTF-8 character with a large, invalid codepoint, which is not properly handled during a regular-expression match.
The weakness was shared 10/22/2009 by Martin (Website). The advisory is shared at vupen.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2009-3626 since 10/09/2009. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.
It is declared as proof-of-concept.
A possible mitigation has been published 3 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (53939).
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.0
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Exploiting
Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
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Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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OpenVAS ID: 800967
OpenVAS Name: Perl UTF-8 Regular Expression Processing DoS Vulnerability (Windows)
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
10/09/2009 🔍10/22/2009 🔍
10/25/2009 🔍
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10/25/2009 🔍
10/26/2009 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: vupen.com⛔Researcher: Martin
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2009-3626 (🔍)
X-Force: 53939
SecurityTracker: 1023077 - Perl UTF-8 Regex Processing Bug Lets Users Deny Service
Vulnerability Center: 24941 - ActivePerl Prior to 5.10.1 build 1007 Remote DoS Vulnerability via UTF-8 Character, Medium
SecurityFocus: 36812 - Perl UTF-8 Regular Expression Processing Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 37144 - Perl UTF-8 Denial of Service Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 59283 - Perl Interpreter RegEx UTF-8 Character Handling DoS
Vupen: ADV-2009-3023
Entry
Created: 03/18/2015 15:15Updated: 02/21/2017 17:21
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (61), 02/21/2017 17:21 (17)
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