Out-of-bounds Write Affecting perl package, versions <5.32.1-4+deb11u3
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-PERL-6085272
- published 26 Nov 2023
- disclosed 18 Dec 2023
Introduced: 26 Nov 2023
CVE-2023-47038 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:11 perl to version 5.32.1-4+deb11u3 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.
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://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-47038
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-47038
- 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
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2228
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3128
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