SB2015071008 - Gentoo update for Perl
Published: July 10, 2015 Updated: September 25, 2016
Security Bulletin ID
SB2015071008
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-7422)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
Integer underflow in regcomp.c in Perl before 5.20, as used in Apple OS X before 10.10.5 and other products, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long digit string associated with an invalid backreference within a regular expression.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.