DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8853

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8853
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Upstream
Published
2016-05-25T15:59:01Z
Modified
2025-09-19T06:12:03Z
Summary
[none]
Details

The (1) Sreghop3, (2) Sreghop4, 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."

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / perl

Package

Name
perl
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/perl?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.22.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / perl

Package

Name
perl
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/perl?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.22.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / perl

Package

Name
perl
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/perl?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.22.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / perl

Package

Name
perl
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/perl?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.22.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}