DSA-3982-1 perl -- perlID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:53142 | Date: (C)2019-04-04 (M)2023-12-20 |
Class: PATCH | Family: unix |
Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the implementation of the Perl programming language. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2017-12837 Jakub Wilk reported a heap buffer overflow flaw in the regular expression compiler, allowing a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a specially crafted regular expression with the case-insensitive modifier. CVE-2017-12883 Jakub Wilk reported a buffer over-read flaw in the regular expression parser, allowing a remote attacker to cause a denial of service or information leak.