Vulnerability Details : CVE-2009-3626
Perl 5.10.1 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a UTF-8 character with a large, invalid codepoint, which is not properly handled during a regular-expression match.
Vulnerability category: Denial of service
Products affected by CVE-2009-3626
- cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-3626
1.26%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 84 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2009-3626
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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5.0
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MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
10.0
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2.9
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NIST |
Vendor statements for CVE-2009-3626
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Red Hat 2009-10-30Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of perl as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5.
References for CVE-2009-3626
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36812
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/23/8
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http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Attachment/617489/295383/
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https://issues.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi?id=6225
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https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53939
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http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=69973
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http://securitytracker.com/id?1023077
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http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/0abd0d78a73da1c4d13b1c700526b7e5d03b32d4
Patch
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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3023
Patch;Vendor Advisory
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