MGASA-2018-0049

Advisory lineage Upstream: 2 Downstream: 0
Published: 03 Jan 2018, 15:50
Last modified:16 Apr 2026, 06:22

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
minimal
0/100
CVSS Score
No data
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

03 Jan 2018, 15:50
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
16 Apr 2026, 06:22
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Updated perl packages fix security vulnerability 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).

Affected Systems

  • mageia•perl

    < 5.22.3-3.1.mga6

References (3)