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Out-of-bounds Read Affecting rh-perl524-perl-libs package, versions *

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.04% (93rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-RHPERL524PERLLIBS-4534455
  • published1 Nov 2021
  • disclosed12 Sept 2017
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Introduced: 12 Sep 2017

CVE-2017-12883  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 rh-perl524-perl-libs.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rh-perl524-perl-libs package and not the rh-perl524-perl-libs package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Buffer overflow in the S_grok_bslash_N function in regcomp.c in Perl 5 before 5.24.3-RC1 and 5.26.x before 5.26.1-RC1 allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted regular expression with an invalid '\N{U+...}' escape.