Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting perl-open package, versions <0:1.11-419.el8


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.88% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-PERLOPEN-3982258
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed2 Jun 2020

Introduced: 2 Jun 2020

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

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 perl-open to version 0:1.11-419.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2021:1678.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perl-open package and not the perl-open package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 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.

CVSS Base Scores

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