CVE-2010-4777 | BDVDB-2026-59830 Detail
Description#
The Perl_reg_numbered_buff_fetch function in Perl 5.10.0, 5.12.0, 5.14.0, and other versions, when running with debugging enabled, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application exit) via crafted input that is not properly handled when using certain regular expressions, as demonstrated by causing SpamAssassin and OCSInventory to crash.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-05/msg00005.html
- https://listi.jpberlin.de/pipermail/postfixbuch-users/2011-February/055885.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694166
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=628836
- http://forums.ocsinventory-ng.org/viewtopic.php?id=7215
- https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=76538
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-05/msg00025.html
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.