GLSA 201507-11: Perl: Denial of Service

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Perl: Denial of Service
Date:	07/10/2015
Bugs:	#216671
ID:	201507-11

Synopsis

A vulnerability in Perl allows a remote attacker to cause Denial of Service.

Background

Perl is a highly capable, feature-rich programming language.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
dev-lang/perl	< 5.20.1-r4	>= 5.20.1-r4	All supported architectures

Description

S_regmatch() function lacks proper checks before passing arguments to atoi()

Impact

A remote attacker could send a specially crafted input, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Perl users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/perl-5.20.1-r4"

References

CVE-2013-7422

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201507-11.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.