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SUSE: CVE-2015-8853: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2015-8853: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
05/25/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/06/2016
Modified
02/04/2022

Description

The (1) S_reghop3, (2) S_reghop4, 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."

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-perl
  • suse-upgrade-perl-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-perl-base
  • suse-upgrade-perl-base-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-perl-doc
  • suse-upgrade-perl-module-build
  • suse-upgrade-perl-test-simple
  • suse-upgrade-perl-x86
  • suse-upgrade-sles12-docker-image
  • suse-upgrade-sles12sp1-docker-image

References

  • SUSE-SU-2016:2246-1
  • SUSE-SU-2016:2263-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:2699-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:2700-1
  • 86707
  • GLSA-201701-75
  • USN-3625-1
  • USN-3625-2
  • CVE-2015-8853
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