Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting perl package, versions <5.30.3-1
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0.28% (69th
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-PERL-570795
- published 1 Jun 2020
- disclosed 5 Jun 2020
Introduced: 1 Jun 2020
CVE-2020-10878 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:11 perl to version 5.30.3-1 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 Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:11 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.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-10878
- https://github.com/Perl/perl5/blob/blead/pod/perl5303delta.pod
- https://github.com/perl/perl5/commit/0a320d753fe7fca03df259a4dfd8e641e51edaa8
- https://github.com/perl/perl5/commit/3295b48defa0f8570114877b063fe546dd348b3c
- https://github.com/Perl/perl5/compare/v5.30.2...v5.30.3
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200611-0001/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IN3TTBO5KSGWE5IRIKDJ5JSQRH7ANNXE/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-03
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00044.html
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2020-10878
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IN3TTBO5KSGWE5IRIKDJ5JSQRH7ANNXE/
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