Description

The rehash mechanism in Perl 5.8.2 through 5.16.x allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and crash) via a crafted hash key.

Remediation

References

CVE-2013-1667

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2013-1667

Tags

Missing Update Known Vulnerabilities