CVE-2015-8853

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-8853
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-05-25 15:59:00 UTC
Updated2018-05-02 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionThe (1) S_reghop3, (2) S_reghop4, and (3) S_reghopmaybe3 functions in regexec.c in Perl before 5.24.0 allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via crafted utf-8 data, as demonstrated by "a\x80."

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 22 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 22 All All All
Application Perl Perl All All All All

References

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Oracle Solaris Bulletin - April 2016 CONFIRM www.oracle.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: perl-5.20.3-330.fc22 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
1329106 – (CVE-2015-8853) CVE-2015-8853 perl: regexp matching hangs indefinitely on illegal UTF-8 input CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
Perl CVE-2015-8853 Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Document Display | HPE Support Center CONFIRM h20566.www2.hpe.com
perl5.git.perl.org Git - perl.git/commitdiff CONFIRM perl5.git.perl.org Vendor Advisory
Perl: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-75) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
USN-3625-1: Perl vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
oss-security - CVE Request: perl: denial-of-service / Regexp-matching "hangs" indefinitely on illegal input using binmode :utf8 using 100%CPU MLIST www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: perl: denial-of-service / Regexp-matching "hangs" indefinitely on illegal input using binmode :utf8 using 100%CPU MLIST www.openwall.com
USN-3625-2: Perl vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
Bug #123562 for perl5: [CVE-2015-8853] Regexp-matching "hangs" indefinitely on illegal input using binmode :utf8 using 100%CPU CONFIRM rt.perl.org
Oracle Solaris Bulletin - July 2016 CONFIRM www.oracle.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710392 Gentoo Linux Perl Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-75)
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