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Out-of-bounds Write Affecting perl package, versions <5.34.0-3ubuntu1.3

medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.04% (6th percentile)
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NVD
7.8 high
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Red Hat
7 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU2204-PERL-6085362
  • published 28 Nov 2023
  • disclosed 18 Dec 2023
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Introduced: 28 Nov 2023

CVE-2023-47038 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-787 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:22.04 perl to version 5.34.0-3ubuntu1.3 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:22.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

A vulnerability was found in perl. This issue occurs when a crafted regular expression is compiled by perl, which can allow an attacker controlled byte buffer overflow in a heap allocated buffer.