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74 lines
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="200805-17">
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<title>Perl: Execution of arbitrary code</title>
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<synopsis>
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A double free vulnerability was discovered in Perl, possibly resulting in
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the execution of arbitrary code and a Denial of Service.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">perl libperl</product>
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<announced>May 20, 2008</announced>
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<revised>May 20, 2008: 01</revised>
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<bug>219203</bug>
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<access>remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="dev-lang/perl" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">5.8.8-r5</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">5.8.8-r5</vulnerable>
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</package>
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<package name="sys-devel/libperl" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">5.8.8-r2</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">5.8.8-r2</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>
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Perl is a stable, cross platform programming language.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>
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Tavis Ormandy and Will Drewry of the Google Security Team have reported
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a double free vulnerability when processing a crafted regular
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expression containing UTF-8 characters.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="normal">
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<p>
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A remote attacker could possibly exploit this vulnerability to execute
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arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>
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There is no known workaround at this time.
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</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>
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All Perl users should upgrade to the latest version:
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</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/perl-5.8.8-r5"</code>
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<p>
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All libperl users should upgrade to the latest version:
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</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-devel/libperl-5.8.8-r2"</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1927">CVE-2008-1927</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sat, 17 May 2008 10:42:17 +0000">
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p-y
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Sat, 17 May 2008 10:42:31 +0000">
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p-y
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sat, 17 May 2008 13:52:28 +0000">
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keytoaster
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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