First published: Thu Oct 29 2009(Updated: )
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.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Perl | =5.10.1 |
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CVE-2009-3626 is classified as a denial of service vulnerability that can crash the application.
To fix CVE-2009-3626, upgrade to a version of Perl that is greater than 5.10.1 where this vulnerability has been addressed.
CVE-2009-3626 specifically affects Perl version 5.10.1.
CVE-2009-3626 allows context-dependent attackers to exploit an invalid UTF-8 codepoint to crash the application during regular-expression matching.
Yes, CVE-2009-3626 can potentially be exploited remotely if valid input is provided to the vulnerable Perl application.