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diff --git a/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200711-28.xml b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200711-28.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..0e511c72 --- /dev/null +++ b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200711-28.xml @@ -0,0 +1,71 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200711-28"> + <title>Perl: Buffer overflow</title> + <synopsis> + A buffer overflow in the Regular Expression engine in Perl possibly allows + for the execution of arbitrary code. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">perl</product> + <announced>November 19, 2007</announced> + <revised>November 19, 2007: 01</revised> + <bug>198196</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="dev-lang/perl" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">5.8.8-r4</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">5.8.8-r4</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + Perl is a stable, cross-platform programming language created by Larry + Wall. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Tavis Ormandy and Will Drewry (Google Security Team) discovered a + heap-based buffer overflow in the Regular Expression engine (regcomp.c) + that occurs when switching from byte to Unicode (UTF-8) characters in a + regular expression. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + A remote attacker could either entice a user to compile a specially + crafted regular expression or actively compile it in case the script + accepts remote input of regular expressions, possibly leading to the + execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running + Perl. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All Perl users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/perl-5.8.8-r4"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5116">CVE-2007-5116</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Wed, 14 Nov 2007 01:27:30 +0000"> + rbu + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:34:08 +0000"> + rbu + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Mon, 19 Nov 2007 14:24:28 +0000"> + rbu + </metadata> +</glsa> |