Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting perl package, versions <4:5.16.3-299.el7_9


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-PERL-2181268
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed2 Jun 2020

Introduced: 2 Jun 2020

CVE-2020-10878  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-185  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 perl to version 4:5.16.3-299.el7_9 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perl package and not the perl package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Perl before 5.30.3 has an integer overflow related to mishandling of a "PL_regkind[OP(n)] == NOTHING" situation. A crafted regular expression could lead to malformed bytecode with a possibility of instruction injection.

CVSS Base Scores

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