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CVE-2014-4330
The Dumper method in Data::Dumper before 2.154, as used in...
Vulnerability Description
The Dumper method in Data::Dumper before 2.154, as used in Perl 5.20.1 and earlier, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and crash) via an Array-Reference with many nested Array-References, which triggers a large number of recursive calls to the DD_dump function.
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://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128422/Perl-5.20.1-Deep-Recursion-Stack-Overflow.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/533543/100/0/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61441
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-September/139441.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:136
- https://metacpan.org/pod/distribution/Data-Dumper/Changes
- https://www.lsexperts.de/advisories/lse-2014-06-10.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70142
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96216
- http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2014/09/msg220118.html
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2916-1
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Sep/84
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0406.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61961
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/692
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View all reports →Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
0
Timeline
Official Publish:
September 30th, 2014
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.