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CVE-2008-1927

Publication date 24 April 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Double free vulnerability in Perl 5.8.8 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) via a crafted regular expression containing UTF8 characters. NOTE: this issue might only be present on certain operating systems.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
perl 8.10 intrepid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed 5.8.8-12ubuntu0.3
7.10 gutsy
Fixed 5.8.8-7ubuntu3.4
7.04 feisty Ignored end of life, was needed
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 5.8.7-10ubuntu1.2

Notes

jdstrand

perl (at least 5.8 and 5.10) segfault on x86_64 verified all releases -- i386 not affected, x86_64 is affected

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
perl

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-700-1
    • Perl vulnerabilities
    • 24 December 2008

Other references