CVE-2017-12883

Buffer 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.
References
Link Resource
http://mirror.cucumberlinux.com/cucumber/cucumber-1.0/source/lang-base/perl/patches/CVE-2017-12883.patch Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3982
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100852 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1492093 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/2be4edede4ae226e2eebd4eff28cedd2041f300f#patch1 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/log/refs/tags/v5.24.3-RC1 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/log/refs/tags/v5.26.1-RC1 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=131598
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180426-0001/
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
http://mirror.cucumberlinux.com/cucumber/cucumber-1.0/source/lang-base/perl/patches/CVE-2017-12883.patch Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3982
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100852 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1492093 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/2be4edede4ae226e2eebd4eff28cedd2041f300f#patch1 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/log/refs/tags/v5.24.3-RC1 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/log/refs/tags/v5.26.1-RC1 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=131598
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180426-0001/
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.26.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

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Information

Published : 2017-09-19 18:29

Updated : 2025-04-20 01:37


NVD link : CVE-2017-12883

Mitre link : CVE-2017-12883

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-12883


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Products Affected

perl

  • perl
CWE
CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer