vulnerability
Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2017-12883): Perl vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P) | Sep 19, 2017 | Nov 13, 2017 | Apr 25, 2025 |
Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
Sep 19, 2017
Added
Nov 13, 2017
Modified
Apr 25, 2025
Description
Jakub Wilk discovered that Perl incorrectly handled certain regular
expressions. An attacker could use this issue to cause Perl to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2017-12837, CVE-2017-12883)
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-perl
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