Vulnerability Details CVE-2010-4777
The Perl_reg_numbered_buff_fetch function in Perl 5.10.0, 5.12.0, 5.14.0, and other versions, when running with debugging enabled, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application exit) via crafted input that is not properly handled when using certain regular expressions, as demonstrated by causing SpamAssassin and OCSInventory to crash.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.058
EPSS Ranking 90.1%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 4.3
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=628836
- http://forums.ocsinventory-ng.org/viewtopic.php?id=7215
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-05/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-05/msg00025.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694166
- https://listi.jpberlin.de/pipermail/postfixbuch-users/2011-February/055885.html
- https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=76538
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=628836
- http://forums.ocsinventory-ng.org/viewtopic.php?id=7215
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-05/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-05/msg00025.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694166
- https://listi.jpberlin.de/pipermail/postfixbuch-users/2011-February/055885.html
- https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=76538