CVE-2015-8853

NameCVE-2015-8853
DescriptionThe (1) S_reghop3, (2) S_reghop4, and (3) S_reghopmaybe3 functions in regexec.c in Perl before 5.24.0 allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via crafted utf-8 data, as demonstrated by "a\x80."
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs821848

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
perl (PTS)bullseye5.32.1-4+deb11u3fixed
bullseye (security)5.32.1-4+deb11u4fixed
bookworm5.36.0-7+deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie5.40.0-8fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
perlsourcejessie5.20.2-3+deb8u5
perlsource(unstable)5.22.1-1821848

Notes

[wheezy] - perl <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=123562
http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/22b433eff9a1ffa2454e18405a56650f07b385b5
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/5

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