Out-of-bounds Read Affecting perl package, versions <5.24.1-3+deb9u3


0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Confidentiality High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.53% (77th percentile)
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NVD
7.5 high
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Red Hat
7.5 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN9-PERL-327690
  • published 17 Apr 2018
  • disclosed 17 Apr 2018

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 perl to version 5.24.1-3+deb9u3 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 Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in Perl 5.22 through 5.26. Matching a crafted locale dependent regular expression can cause a heap-based buffer over-read and potentially information disclosure.