Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 5, 2020· Updated Aug 4, 2024
CVE-2020-10878
CVE-2020-10878
Description
Perl before 5.30.3 has an integer overflow related to mishandling of a "PL_regkind[OP(n)] == NOTHING" situation. A crafted regular expression could lead to malformed bytecode with a possibility of instruction injection.
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Affected products
29- Perl/Perldescription
- Range: <5.30.3
- osv-coords27 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/perl&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/perl&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/perl&distro=HPE%20Helion%20OpenStack%208pkg:rpm/suse/perl&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%205pkg:rpm/suse/perl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/perl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/perl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/perl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/perl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/perl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/perl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/perl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/perl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/perl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/perl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/perl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/perl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/perl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/perl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/perl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/perl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/perl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/perl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/perl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015pkg:rpm/suse/perl&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%207pkg:rpm/suse/perl&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%208pkg:rpm/suse/perl&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%208
< 5.26.1-lp151.9.6.1+ 26 more
- (no CPE)range: < 5.26.1-lp151.9.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.34.0-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.18.2-12.23.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.18.2-12.23.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.26.1-7.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.26.1-7.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.26.1-7.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.26.1-7.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.26.1-7.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.26.1-7.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.26.1-7.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.26.1-7.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.18.2-12.23.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.18.2-12.23.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.18.2-12.23.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.18.2-12.23.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.18.2-12.23.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.18.2-12.23.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.26.1-7.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.18.2-12.23.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.18.2-12.23.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.18.2-12.23.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.18.2-12.23.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.26.1-7.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.18.2-12.23.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.18.2-12.23.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.18.2-12.23.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
No source-code context for this CVE — mechanics is only generated when we can read the actual fix diff. Without that, the four sections (root cause, attack vector, affected code, fix) would be speculation rather than analysis.
References
15- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00044.htmlmitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IN3TTBO5KSGWE5IRIKDJ5JSQRH7ANNXE/mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-03mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- github.com/Perl/perl5/blob/blead/pod/perl5303delta.podmitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
- github.com/Perl/perl5/compare/v5.30.2...v5.30.3mitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
- github.com/perl/perl5/commit/0a320d753fe7fca03df259a4dfd8e641e51edaa8mitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
- github.com/perl/perl5/commit/3295b48defa0f8570114877b063fe546dd348b3cmitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200611-0001/mitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
- www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.htmlmitrex_refsource_MISC
- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.htmlmitrex_refsource_MISC
- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.htmlmitrex_refsource_MISC
- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.htmlmitrex_refsource_MISC
- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.htmlmitrex_refsource_MISC
- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.htmlmitrex_refsource_MISC
- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.htmlmitrex_refsource_MISC
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