All errata/sisyphus/ALT-PU-2017-2362-2
ALT-PU-2017-2362-2

Package update perl in branch sisyphus

Version5.24.3-alt1
Published2026-02-04
Max severityCRITICAL
Severity:

Closed issues (3)

CVE-2017-12883
CRITICAL9.1

Buffer overflow in the S_grok_bslash_N 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 disclose sensitive information or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted regular expression with an invalid '\N{U+...}' escape.

Published: 2017-09-19Modified: 2025-04-20
CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.4
CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
CVSS 3.xCRITICAL 9.1
CVSS:3.x/CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H