Source: perl Version: 5.20.2-1 Severity: grave Tags: security upstream patch Forwarded: https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=131582
Hi, the following vulnerability was published for perl. CVE-2017-12837[0]: Heap buffer overflow in regular expression compiler >From release notes: Compiling certain regular expression patterns with the case-insensitive modifier could cause a heap buffer overflow and crash perl. This has now been fixed. If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry. For further information see: [0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-12837 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-12837 [1] https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=131582 (not yet public) Regards, Salvatore
