vulnerability
Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2020-12723): Perl vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Jun 5, 2020 | Oct 27, 2020 | Apr 16, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jun 5, 2020
Added
Oct 27, 2020
Modified
Apr 16, 2026
Description
regcomp.c in Perl before 5.30.3 allows a buffer overflow via a crafted regular expression because of recursive S_study_chunk calls.
Solutions
ubuntu-pro-upgrade-perlubuntu-upgrade-perl
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