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Out-of-Bounds Affecting perl package, versions <5.18.2-2ubuntu1.3

Severity

 Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
6.21% (93rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-PERL-327686
  • published19 Sept 2017
  • disclosed19 Sept 2017
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Introduced: 19 Sep 2017

CVE-2017-12837  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 perl to version 5.18.2-2ubuntu1.3 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perl package and not the perl package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

Heap-based buffer overflow in the S_regatom 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 cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a regular expression with a '\N{}' escape and the case-insensitive modifier.