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HistoryMay 18, 2021 - 5:49 a.m.

Moderate: perl security and bug fix update

2021-05-1805:49:06
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osv.dev
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perl
security update
bug fix
cve-2020-10543
cve-2020-10878
rocky linux 8.4
programming language
web programming.

AI Score

7.4

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.003

Percentile

70.0%

Perl is a high-level programming language that is commonly used for system administration utilities and web programming.

Security Fix(es):

  • perl: heap-based buffer overflow in regular expression compiler leads to DoS (CVE-2020-10543)

  • perl: corruption of intermediate language state of compiled regular expression due to integer overflow leads to DoS (CVE-2020-10878)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Rocky Linux 8.4 Release Notes linked from the References section.