Debian Security Advisory DSA-3982-1 [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso
September 21, 2017 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
Package : perl
CVE ID : CVE-2017-12837 CVE-2017-12883
Debian Bug : 875596 875597
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.
For the oldstable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed
in version 5.20.2-3+deb8u9.
For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in
version 5.24.1-3+deb9u2.
For the testing distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed
in version 5.26.0-8.
For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 5.26.0-8.
We recommend that you upgrade your perl packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
Mailing list: [email protected]
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
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Debian | 9 | armhf | perl-base | < 5.24.1-3+deb9u2 | perl-base_5.24.1-3+deb9u2_armhf.deb |
Debian | 8 | amd64 | libperl-dev | < 5.20.2-3+deb8u9 | libperl-dev_5.20.2-3+deb8u9_amd64.deb |
Debian | 9 | mips | perl-debug | < 5.24.1-3+deb9u2 | perl-debug_5.24.1-3+deb9u2_mips.deb |
Debian | 8 | armhf | perl-debug | < 5.20.2-3+deb8u9 | perl-debug_5.20.2-3+deb8u9_armhf.deb |
Debian | 9 | mips64el | perl | < 5.24.1-3+deb9u2 | perl_5.24.1-3+deb9u2_mips64el.deb |
Debian | 8 | ppc64el | perl-base | < 5.20.2-3+deb8u9 | perl-base_5.20.2-3+deb8u9_ppc64el.deb |
Debian | 9 | all | perl-doc | < 5.24.1-3+deb9u2 | perl-doc_5.24.1-3+deb9u2_all.deb |
Debian | 9 | ppc64el | perl-debug | < 5.24.1-3+deb9u2 | perl-debug_5.24.1-3+deb9u2_ppc64el.deb |
Debian | 8 | i386 | perl-base | < 5.20.2-3+deb8u9 | perl-base_5.20.2-3+deb8u9_i386.deb |
Debian | 8 | kfreebsd-i386 | perl-base | < 5.20.2-3+deb8u9 | perl-base_5.20.2-3+deb8u9_kfreebsd-i386.deb |