Heap-based Buffer Overflow The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package perl-ExtUtils-ParseXS (opens in a new tab)
Threat Intelligence
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- published27 Nov 2023
- disclosed25 Nov 2023
Introduced: 25 Nov 2023
CVE-2023-47038 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Centos security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Centos:9.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perl-ExtUtils-ParseXS package and not the perl-ExtUtils-ParseXS package as distributed by Centos.
A vulnerability was found in perl 5.30.0 through 5.38.0. This issue occurs when a crafted regular expression is compiled by perl, which can allow an attacker controlled byte buffer overflow in a heap allocated buffer.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-47038
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2228
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3128
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1056746
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2249523
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GNEEWAACXQCEEAKSG7XX2D5YDRWLCIZJ/
- https://perldoc.perl.org/perl5382delta#CVE-2023-47038-Write-past-buffer-end-via-illegal-user-defined-Unicode-property