rPath Security Advisory: 2007-0232-1
Published: 2007-11-06
Products: rPath Linux 1
Rating: Minor
Exposure Level Classification:
Local System User Deterministic Weakness
Updated Versions:
perl=conary.rpath.com@rpl:1/5.8.7-8.2-1
rPath Issue Tracking System:
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1813
References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5116
Description:
Previous versions of the perl package contain weaknesses when evaluating
regular expressions.
If a system is serving a perl-based web application that evaluates
remote input as a regular expression, an attacker may be be able to
exploit these weaknesses to execute arbitrary, attacker-provided code on
the system, potentially elevating this to a remote, deterministic
unauthorized access vulnerability.
In its default configuration, rPath Linux 1 does not enable any
perl-based web applications and is thus not vulnerable to this potential
unauthorized access.
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0232
Copyright 2007 rPath, Inc.
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