Vulnerability identifier: #VU12885
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 8.1 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID:
CWE-ID:
CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Network
Exploit availability: No
Vulnerable software:
OpenBSD
Operating systems & Components /
Operating system
Vendor: OpenBSD
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information or cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to multiple heap-based buffer overflows in in perl. A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption and cause segmentation faults, crashes, and reading memory past the buffer.
Mitigation
Update to version 6.3.
Vulnerable software versions
OpenBSD: 5.7 - 6.2
External links
http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/6.3/common/001_perl.patch.sig
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.