UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12837

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12837
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12837.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12837
Related
Published
2017-09-19T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-01-13T10:21:25Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

Heap-based buffer overflow in the S_regatom 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 cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a regular expression with a '\N{}' escape and the case-insensitive modifier.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / perl

Package

Name
perl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/perl@5.18.2-2ubuntu1.3?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.18.2-2ubuntu1.3

Affected versions

5.*

5.14.2-21build1
5.18.1-4
5.18.1-4build1
5.18.1-5
5.18.2-2
5.18.2-2ubuntu1
5.18.2-2ubuntu1.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libcgi-fast-perl",
            "binary_version": "5.18.2-2ubuntu1.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libperl-dev",
            "binary_version": "5.18.2-2ubuntu1.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libperl5.18",
            "binary_version": "5.18.2-2ubuntu1.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "perl",
            "binary_version": "5.18.2-2ubuntu1.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "perl-base",
            "binary_version": "5.18.2-2ubuntu1.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "perl-debug",
            "binary_version": "5.18.2-2ubuntu1.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "perl-doc",
            "binary_version": "5.18.2-2ubuntu1.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "perl-modules",
            "binary_version": "5.18.2-2ubuntu1.3"
        }
    ],
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium",
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / perl

Package

Name
perl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/perl@5.22.1-9ubuntu0.2?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.22.1-9ubuntu0.2

Affected versions

5.*

5.20.2-6
5.22.1-3
5.22.1-4
5.22.1-5
5.22.1-7
5.22.1-8
5.22.1-9

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libperl-dev",
            "binary_version": "5.22.1-9ubuntu0.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libperl5.22",
            "binary_version": "5.22.1-9ubuntu0.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "perl",
            "binary_version": "5.22.1-9ubuntu0.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "perl-base",
            "binary_version": "5.22.1-9ubuntu0.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "perl-debug",
            "binary_version": "5.22.1-9ubuntu0.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "perl-doc",
            "binary_version": "5.22.1-9ubuntu0.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "perl-modules-5.22",
            "binary_version": "5.22.1-9ubuntu0.2"
        }
    ],
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium",
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}