CyberRota Analysis
AI-GeneratedVersions of App::Ack prior to 3.10.0 for Perl are vulnerable to memory exhaustion due to an unbounded context value specified in a project .ackrc file. This flaw allows an attacker to set excessively large context options, potentially leading to out-of-memory conditions when ack processes the configuration. Organizations using App::Ack, especially those integrating untrusted repositories, should prioritize upgrading to mitigate this high-severity risk.
Public Exploit Signal
A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.
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Original NVD Description
App::Ack versions before 3.10.0 for Perl allow memory exhaustion via an unbounded context value in a project .ackrc. ack searches up the directory hierarchy from the current directory for a project .ackrc and loads its options. The -B and -C context options accepted any positive integer, and ack sized the before-context buffer to that value, so a project .ackrc setting --before-context=100000000 made ack allocate a buffer of 100 million elements. A project .ackrc committed to an untrusted repository can abort ack with an out-of-memory condition.