CVE-2015-8853

Published: May 25, 2016

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

The (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."

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

GLSA-201701-75

vendor-advisory

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[oss-security] 20160420 Re: CVE Request: perl: denial-of-service / Regexp-matching "hangs" indefinitely on illegal input using binmode :utf8 using 100%CPU

mailing-list

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USN-3625-2

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_UBUNTU

[oss-security] 20160420 CVE Request: perl: denial-of-service / Regexp-matching "hangs" indefinitely on illegal input using binmode :utf8 using 100%CPU

mailing-list

x_refsource_MLIST

https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=123562

x_refsource_CONFIRM

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html

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http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html

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86707

vdb-entry

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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1329106

x_refsource_CONFIRM

https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731

x_refsource_CONFIRM

http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/22b433eff9a1ffa2454e18405a56650f07b385b5

x_refsource_CONFIRM

USN-3625-1

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_UBUNTU

FEDORA-2016-5a9313e4b4

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_FEDORA

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CVE-2015-8853

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