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Resource Management Errors

CVE-2013-1667

High
7.5/10

Summary

The rehash mechanism in Perl 5.8.2 through 5.14.3, and 5.15.0 through 5.16.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a Denial of Service (memory consumption and crash) via a crafted hash key. This also affects App-perlall in versions prior to 0.33

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • PARTIAL
  • PARTIAL

CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

Resource management errors is not a weakness in and of itself, rather it is a category of weaknesses related to improper management of system resources. If not addressed, the weaknesses in this category can lead to unexpected software behavior, loss of access, file modification, sensitive information disclosure, system crash, denial of service, and code execution.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published