Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
Perl is a high-level programming language commonly used for system administration utilities and Web programming.
A flaw was found in Perl's regular expression engine. A specially crafted regular expression with Unicode characters could trigger a buffer overflow, causing Perl to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Perl. (CVE-2008-1927)
Users of perl are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve this issue.
Affected
perl on Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3,
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3,
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3,
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4,
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4,
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4,
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2008-1927 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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