CVE-2007-5116

Summary

CVECVE-2007-5116
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-11-07 23:46:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-15 21:40:00 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in the polymorphic opcode support in the Regular Expression Engine (regcomp.c) in Perl 5.8 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code by switching from byte to Unicode (UTF) characters in a regular expression.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.1 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All alpha All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All amd64 All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All arm All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All hppa All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All ia-32 All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All ia-64 All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All m68k All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All mips All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All mipsel All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All powerpc All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All s390 All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All sparc All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.1 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All alpha All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All amd64 All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All arm All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All hppa All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All ia-32 All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All ia-64 All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All m68k All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All mips All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All mipsel All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All powerpc All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All s390 All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All sparc All
Application Larry Wall Perl 5.8.0 All All All
Application Larry Wall Perl 5.8.1 All All All
Application Larry Wall Perl 5.8.3 All All All
Application Larry Wall Perl 5.8.4 All All All
Application Larry Wall Perl 5.8.4.1 All All All
Application Larry Wall Perl 5.8.4.2 All All All
Application Larry Wall Perl 5.8.4.2.3 All All All
Application Larry Wall Perl 5.8.4.3 All All All
Application Larry Wall Perl 5.8.4.4 All All All
Application Larry Wall Perl 5.8.4.5 All All All
Application Larry Wall Perl 5.8.6 All All All
Application Larry Wall Perl 5.8.0 All All All
Application Larry Wall Perl 5.8.1 All All All
Application Larry Wall Perl 5.8.3 All All All
Application Larry Wall Perl 5.8.4 All All All
Application Larry Wall Perl 5.8.4.1 All All All
Application Larry Wall Perl 5.8.4.2 All All All
Application Larry Wall Perl 5.8.4.2.3 All All All
Application Larry Wall Perl 5.8.4.3 All All All
Application Larry Wall Perl 5.8.4.4 All All All
Application Larry Wall Perl 5.8.4.5 All All All
Application Larry Wall Perl 5.8.6 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 2007 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 2007 All x86_64 All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 2007.1 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 2007.1 All x86_64 All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 2008.0 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 2008.0 All x86_64 All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 2007 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 2007 All x86_64 All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 2007.1 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 2007.1 All x86_64 All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 2008.0 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 2008.0 All x86_64 All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0 All x86_64 All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0 All x86_64 All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0 All x86_64 All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0 All x86_64 All
Application Mandrakesoft Mandrake Multi Network Firewall 2.0 All All All
Application Mandrakesoft Mandrake Multi Network Firewall 2.0 All All All
Application Openpkg Openpkg current All All All
Application Openpkg Openpkg current All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 3.0 All as All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 3.0 All es All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 3.0 All ws All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.0 All as All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.0 All es All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.0 All ws All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.0 All client All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.0 All server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 3.0 All as All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 3.0 All es All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 3.0 All ws All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.0 All as All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.0 All es All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.0 All ws All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.0 All client All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.0 All server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 1.0 All application_stack All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 1.0 All application_stack All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 All ia64 All
Operating System Redhat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 All itanium_processor All
Operating System Redhat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 All ia64 All
Operating System Redhat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 All itanium_processor All
Operating System Rpath Rpath Linux 1 All All All
Operating System Rpath Rpath Linux 1 All All All

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Webmail - OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
VMSA-2008-0001.1 - VMware CONFIRM www.vmware.com
VMware ESX Server Multiple Security Updates - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
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