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High
CVE-2013-1667
The rehash mechanism in Perl 5.8.2 through 5.16.x allows context-dependent...
Vulnerability Description
The rehash mechanism in Perl 5.8.2 through 5.16.x allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and crash) via a crafted hash key.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
- http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2013/03/msg199755.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52472
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:113
- https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0094
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=702296
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52499
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00004.html
- http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/d59e31f
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58311
- http://osvdb.org/90892
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/82598
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=137891988921058&w=2
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18771
- http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/9d83adc
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2641
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=137891988921058&w=2
- http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/6e79fe5
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1770-1
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0685.html
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=912276
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10735
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Vulnerable Versions:
5.8.2, 5.8.3, 5.8.4, 5.8.5, 5.8.6, 5.8.7, 5.8.8, 5.8.9, 5.8.10, 5.10, 5.10.0, 5.10.1, 5.11.0, 5.11.1, 5.11.2, 5.11.3, 5.11.4, 5.11.5, 5.12.0, 5.12.1, 5.12.2, 5.12.3, 5.12.4, 5.13.0, 5.13.1, 5.13.2, 5.13.3, 5.13.4, 5.13.5, 5.13.6, 5.13.7, 5.13.8, 5.13.9, 5.13.10, 5.13.11, 5.14.0, 5.14.1, 5.14.2, 5.14.3, 5.16.0, 5.16.1, 5.16.2
Timeline
Official Publish:
March 12th, 2013
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.