(Sun Describes Workaround) Perl Regex Processing Bug May Let Users Execute Arbitrary Code
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1019484 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1019484
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2007-5116
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Feb 22 2008
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Impact:
Execution of arbitrary code via local system, Execution of arbitrary code via network, User access via local system, User access via network
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): 5.8
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in Perl. A local or remote user can execute arbitrary code on the target system.
A remote or local user may be able to supply a specially crafted regular expression to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Tavis Ormandy and Will Drewry reported this vulnerability.
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Impact:
A local or remote user can execute arbitrary code on the target system.
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Solution:
Sun has described a workaround for Solaris 10 in their advisory. Sun is working on a fix.
The Sun advisory is available at:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-231524-1
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Cause:
Input validation error
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Underlying OS:
UNIX (Solaris - SunOS)
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Message History:
This archive entry is a follow-up to the message listed below.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:54:49 -0500
Subject: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-231524-1
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CVE-2007-5116
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