rhsa-2008_0532
Vulnerability from csaf_redhat
Published
2008-06-17 16:08
Modified
2024-11-22 02:03
Summary
Red Hat Security Advisory: perl security update

Notes

Topic
Updated perl packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Application Stack v1. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.
Details
Perl is a high-level programming language commonly used for system administration utilities and Web programming. A flaw was found in Perl's regular expression engine. A specially crafted regular expression with Unicode characters could trigger a buffer overflow, causing Perl to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Perl. (CVE-2008-1927) Users of perl are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve this issue.
Terms of Use
This content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). If you distribute this content, or a modified version of it, you must provide attribution to Red Hat Inc. and provide a link to the original.


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