CVE-2017-12883

Summary

CVECVE-2017-12883
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-09-19 18:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-07-15 03:15:00 UTC
DescriptionBuffer 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Perl Perl 5.26.0 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.26.0 All All All
Application Perl Perl All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug #131598 for perl5: [CVE-2017-12883]Buffer over-read in S_grok_bslash_N CONFIRM rt.perl.org
perl5.git.perl.org Git CONFIRM perl5.git.perl.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2020 MISC www.oracle.com
Perl CVE-2017-12883 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
October 2017 Perl Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3982-1 perl DEBIAN www.debian.org
404 Not Found CONFIRM mirror.cucumberlinux.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
perl5.git.perl.org Git CONFIRM perl5.git.perl.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Perl 5 - perl.git/commitdiff CONFIRM perl5.git.perl.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Bug 1492093 – CVE-2017-12883 perl: Buffer over-read in regular expression parser CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500522 Alpine Linux Security Update for perl
  • 504283 Alpine Linux Security Update for perl

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