Perl 5.8.8 resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Perl 5.8.8. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. This manipulation causes resource management. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-1927. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Perl 5.8.8 (Programming Language Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Double free vulnerability in Perl 5.8.8 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) via a crafted regular expression containing UTF8 characters. NOTE: this issue might only be present on certain operating systems.

The bug was discovered 04/24/2008. The weakness was shared 12/05/2007 (Website). The advisory is shared at vupen.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-1927 since 04/23/2008. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 67707 (Oracle Linux 3 / 4 / 5 : perl (ELSA-2008-0522)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 116215 (Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2009-001 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2009-02-12)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 7 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (43077), Tenable (67707), SecurityFocus (BID 28928†), OSVDB (44588†) and Secunia (SA29948†). The entries VDB-3868, VDB-3872, VDB-38543 and VDB-42789 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

Programming Language Software

Name

Perl

Version

5.8.8

License

open-source

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.8
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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 67707
Nessus Name: Oracle Linux 3 / 4 / 5 : perl (ELSA-2008-0522)
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OpenVAS ID: 60861
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1556-1 (perl)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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04/24/2008 +1 days 🔍
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04/27/2008 +3 days 🔍
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03/16/2015 +612 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-1927 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-1927
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-42109

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X-Force: 43077
SecurityFocus: 28928 - Perl Unicode '\Q...\E' Quoting Construct Regular Expression Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 29948
OSVDB: 44588 - Perl UTF8 Character Handling Double-free DoS
SecurityTracker: 1020253
Vulnerability Center: 18299 - Perl 5.8.8 Double Free Vulnerability Allows Remote DoS via Crafted Regular Expression, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-2265

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 08/09/2019 20:53
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (76), 08/09/2019 20:53 (11)
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