CVE-2009-3626

Published: Oct 29, 2009Modified: Apr 23, 2026

5.0

Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 2.9

Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Perl: Perl

Perl

1 product

Perl

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Perl Perl	Version 5.10.1

References (22)

http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/0abd0d78a73da1c4d13b1c700526b7e5d03b32d4

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Patch

http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=69973

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Attachment/617489/295383/

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/37144

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Vendor Advisory

http://securitytracker.com/id?1023077

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/23/8

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.osvdb.org/59283

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36812

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3023

Source: secalert@redhat.com

PatchVendor Advisory

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53939

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://issues.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi?id=6225

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/0abd0d78a73da1c4d13b1c700526b7e5d03b32d4