VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2009-3626
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.
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 2.19%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.19%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 2.19% probability · 81th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- perl/perl
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/0abd0d78a73da1c4d13b1c700526b7e5d03b32d4Patch
- http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=69973
- http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Attachment/617489/295383/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37144Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023077
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/23/8
- http://www.osvdb.org/59283
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36812
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3023Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53939
- https://issues.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi?id=6225
- http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/0abd0d78a73da1c4d13b1c700526b7e5d03b32d4Patch
- http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=69973
- http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Attachment/617489/295383/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37144Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023077
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/23/8
- http://www.osvdb.org/59283
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36812
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3023Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53939
- https://issues.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi?id=6225
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.