USN-4602-2: perl Ubuntu
Vulnerability summary
USN-4602-2 is a vulnerability in perl Ubuntu with no CVSS score yet.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 3 · Downstream 0 · Related 3Timeline
- 27-10-2020PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 22-04-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
perl vulnerabilities USN-4602-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Perl. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: ManhND discovered that Perl incorrectly handled certain regular expressions. In environments where untrusted regular expressions are evaluated, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Perl to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-10543) Hugo van der Sanden and Slaven Rezic discovered that Perl incorrectly handled certain regular expressions. In environments where untrusted regular expressions are evaluated, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Perl to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-10878) Sergey Aleynikov discovered that Perl incorrectly handled certain regular expressions. In environments where untrusted regular expressions are evaluated, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Perl to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-12723)
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Public exploits
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Weaknesses
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Affected systems
Ubuntu1 product
- perl< 5.18.2-2ubuntu1.7+esm3
1 vendor · 1 product