CVE-2007-5116

Description

Buffer overflow in the polymorphic opcode support in the Regular Expression Engine (regcomp.c) in Perl 5.8 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code by switching from byte to Unicode (UTF) characters in a regular expression.

Affected products

• larry_wall / perl5.8.0 – 5.8.0
• larry_wall / perl5.8.1 – 5.8.1
• larry_wall / perl5.8.3 – 5.8.3
• larry_wall / perl5.8.4 – 5.8.4
• larry_wall / perl5.8.4.1 – 5.8.4.1
• larry_wall / perl5.8.4.2 – 5.8.4.2
• larry_wall / perl5.8.4.2.3 – 5.8.4.2.3
• larry_wall / perl5.8.4.3 – 5.8.4.3
• larry_wall / perl5.8.4.4 – 5.8.4.4
• larry_wall / perl5.8.4.5 – 5.8.4.5
• larry_wall / perl5.8.6 – 5.8.6
• mandrakesoft / mandrake_multi_network_firewall2.0 – 2.0
• openpkg / openpkgcurrent – current
• RedHat / enterprise_linux1.0 – 1.0

References

• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/27479
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1400
• MAILING_LISThttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120352263023774&w=2
• MAILING_LISThttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120352263023774&w=2
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238
• MISChttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html
• MISChttp://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ10244
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/27936
• MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483563/100/0/threaded
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/28993
• MISChttp://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ10220
• MISChttps://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1813
• MISChttp://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-31524-1
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-552-1
• MISChttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10669
• MISChttp://securitytracker.com/id?1018899
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0641
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/27756
• MISChttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0966.html
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/29074
• MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485936/100/0/threaded
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/27548
• MISChttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1011.html
• MAILING_LISThttp://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000002.html
• MISChttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=323571
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/27546
• MISChttp://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200711-28.xml
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3724
• MISChttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-014.htm
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.023.html
• MISChttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=378131
• MISChttp://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-231524-1
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/27531
• MAILING_LISThttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/27515
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/27570
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/27613
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/28368
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_24_sr.html
• MISChttp://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1018985.1-1
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:207
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4255
• MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483584/100/0/threaded
• MISChttp://www.ipcop.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=41
• MISChttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38270
• MISCftp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/README
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/31208
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/28387
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0001.html
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0064
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/28167
• MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26350
• MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486859/100/0/threaded