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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.805416
Category:Denial of Service
Title:Perl Denial of Service Vulnerability (Jan 2015) - Windows
Summary:Active Perl is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.
Description:Summary:
Active Perl is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.

Vulnerability Insight:
The flaw is due to improper handling of
crafted input by Dumper method in Data::Dumper.

Vulnerability Impact:
Successful exploitation will allow
remote attackers to cause a denial of service.

Affected Software/OS:
Perl versions 5.20.1 and earlier

Solution:
Upgrade to 5.22.0 or later.

CVSS Score:
2.1

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-4330
BugTraq ID: 70142
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70142
Bugtraq: 20140925 LSE Leading Security Experts GmbH - LSE-2014-06-10 - Perl CORE - Deep Recursion Stack Overflow (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/533543/100/0/threaded
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-September/139441.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Sep/84
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:136
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128422/Perl-5.20.1-Deep-Recursion-Stack-Overflow.html
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/692
http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2014/09/msg220118.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/61441
http://secunia.com/advisories/61961
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2916-1
XForce ISS Database: perl-cve20144330-dos(96216)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96216
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