UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8853

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8853

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8853.json

JSON Data

https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8853

Related

Published

2016-05-25T00:00:00Z

Modified

2025-01-13T10:21:11Z

Severity

7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator

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

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / perl

Package

Name: perl
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/perl@5.18.2-2ubuntu1.4?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

5.18.2-2ubuntu1.4

Affected versions

5.*

5.14.2-21build1

5.18.1-4

5.18.1-4build1

5.18.1-5

5.18.2-2

5.18.2-2ubuntu1

5.18.2-2ubuntu1.1

5.18.2-2ubuntu1.3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libcgi-fast-perl",
            "binary_version": "5.18.2-2ubuntu1.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libperl-dev",
            "binary_version": "5.18.2-2ubuntu1.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libperl5.18",
            "binary_version": "5.18.2-2ubuntu1.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "perl",
            "binary_version": "5.18.2-2ubuntu1.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "perl-base",
            "binary_version": "5.18.2-2ubuntu1.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "perl-debug",
            "binary_version": "5.18.2-2ubuntu1.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "perl-doc",
            "binary_version": "5.18.2-2ubuntu1.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "perl-modules",
            "binary_version": "5.18.2-2ubuntu1.4"
        }
    ],
    "ubuntu_priority": "low"
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / perl

Package

Name: perl
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/perl@5.22.1-9?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

5.22.1-9

Affected versions

5.*

5.20.2-6

5.22.1-3

5.22.1-4

5.22.1-5

5.22.1-7

5.22.1-8

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libperl-dev",
            "binary_version": "5.22.1-9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libperl5.22",
            "binary_version": "5.22.1-9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "perl",
            "binary_version": "5.22.1-9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "perl-base",
            "binary_version": "5.22.1-9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "perl-debug",
            "binary_version": "5.22.1-9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "perl-doc",
            "binary_version": "5.22.1-9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "perl-modules-5.22",
            "binary_version": "5.22.1-9"
        }
    ],
    "ubuntu_priority": "low"
}