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High
CVE-2020-10543
Perl before 5.30.3 on 32-bit platforms allows a heap-based buffer...
Vulnerability Description
Perl before 5.30.3 on 32-bit platforms allows a heap-based buffer overflow because nested regular expression quantifiers have an integer overflow.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-03
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IN3TTBO5KSGWE5IRIKDJ5JSQRH7ANNXE/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00044.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
- https://github.com/perl/perl5/commit/897d1f7fd515b828e4b198d8b8bef76c6faf03ed
- https://github.com/Perl/perl5/compare/v5.30.2...v5.30.3
- https://github.com/Perl/perl5/blob/blead/pod/perl5303delta.pod
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200611-0001/
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
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perl, fedora, leap, communications billing and revenue management, communications diameter signaling router, communications eagle application processor, communications eagle lnp application processor, communications lsms, communications offline mediation controller, communications performance intelligence center, communications pricing design center, configuration manager, enterprise manager base platform, sd-wan edge, tekelec platform distribution
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 31, 15.1, 12.0.0.2.0, 12.0.0.3.0, 8.0.0, 16.1.0, 10.1, 10.2, 46.7, 46.8, 46.9, 13.1, 10.3.0.0.0, 10.4.0.1.0, 12.1.2.0.8, 13.4.0.0, 8.2, 9.0, 9.1, 7.4.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
June 5th, 2020
Last Modified:
August 4th, 2024
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.