Summary
The host is installed with Active Perl and is prone to denial of service vulnerability.
Impact
Successful exploitation will allow remote attackers to conduct denial of service.
Impact Level: Application
Solution
No solution or patch was made available for at least one year since disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore.
General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.
Insight
The flaw is due to improper handling of crafted input by 'Perl_reg_numbered_buff_fetch' function.
Affected
Active Perl versions 5.10.0, 5.12.0, 5.14.0 and other versions.
Detection
Get the installed version with the help of detect NVT and check the version is vulnerable or not.
References
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2010-4777 -
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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