Buffer Overflow Affecting perl-macros package, versions <4:5.26.3-417.el8_3


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.2% (43rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-PERLMACROS-2577962
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed5 Jun 2020

Introduced: 5 Jun 2020

CVE-2020-12723  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 perl-macros to version 4:5.26.3-417.el8_3 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2021-0557.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perl-macros package and not the perl-macros package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

regcomp.c in Perl before 5.30.3 allows a buffer overflow via a crafted regular expression because of recursive S_study_chunk calls.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1