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Netanel Rubin: The Perl Jam: Exploiting a 20 Year-old Vulnerability

media.ccc.de · talk · Watch on YouTube

Security & hackingPython, Ruby & scripting languages

What it is

Netanel Rubin's 31C3 talk chains Perl's syntax quirks into a powerful remote code execution attack, taking down popular Perl-based projects.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended as a funny, engaging look at how Perl's quirks create real security vulnerabilities.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 2 strong recommendations
  • first 2018, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “try this great Perl presentation from Netanel Rubin”

    Funny, engaging Perl security talk exploiting a 20-year-old vulnerability.

    lathiat, 2018-09 · Strong recommendation · in “Show HN: Wat”

  2. “Best bash of a programming language”

    BonoboIO, 2022-04 · Strong recommendation · in “Experience Report: 6 months of Go”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: perl, rce, web security, language quirks, 31c3

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