MGASA-2018-0049

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    MGASA-2018-0049

    Published: 3 Jan 2018Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated perl packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: 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-2017-12837). 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 (CVE-2017-12883).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0049.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21752, https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3982

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: perl

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/perl?arch=source&distro=mageia-6

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -5.22.3-3.1.mga6

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
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    Privileges Required
    None
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    User Interaction
    None
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    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
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    Availability
    None
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