Packages
- perl - Practical Extraction and Report Language
Details
Jakub Wilk discovered that Perl incorrectly handled certain regular
expressions. An attacker could use this issue to cause Perl to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2017-12837, CVE-2017-12883)
Jakub Wilk discovered that Perl incorrectly handled certain regular
expressions. An attacker could use this issue to cause Perl to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2017-12837, CVE-2017-12883)
Update instructions
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
| Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 17.04 zesty | perl – 5.24.1-2ubuntu1.1 | ||
| 16.04 xenial | perl – 5.22.1-9ubuntu0.2 | ||
| 14.04 trusty | perl – 5.18.2-2ubuntu1.3 | ||
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