Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting perl-ExtUtils-Embed package, versions <0:1.30-299.el7_9


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.28% (68th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-PERLEXTUTILSEMBED-8016218
  • published17 Sept 2024
  • disclosed2 Jun 2020

Introduced: 2 Jun 2020

CVE-2020-10878  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-185  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 perl-ExtUtils-Embed to version 0:1.30-299.el7_9 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2021:0343.

NVD Description

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