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


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.88% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-PERLLIBS-2578719
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed5 Jun 2020

Introduced: 5 Jun 2020

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 perl-libs to version 4:5.16.3-299.el7_9 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2021-0343.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perl-libs package and not the perl-libs package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle: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.

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