Out-of-bounds Write Affecting perl-diagnostics package, versions <0:1.37-481.el9


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (36th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE9-PERLDIAGNOSTICS-6812337
  • published8 May 2024
  • disclosed18 Dec 2023

Introduced: 18 Dec 2023

CVE-2023-47038  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:9 perl-diagnostics to version 0:1.37-481.el9 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2024-2228.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perl-diagnostics package and not the perl-diagnostics package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:9 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.

CVSS Base Scores

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