INFSA-2025:7500: perl security update
Information about definition
Identificator: INFSA-2025:7500
Type: security
Release date: 2025-07-15 19:37:17 UTC
Information about package
Perl is a high-level programming language that is commonly used for system administration utilities and web programming.
Vulnerabilities description
- CVE-2024-56406
A flaw was found in Perl. This vulnerability allows a heap buffer overflow, which can lead to denial of service and potential arbitrary code execution on platforms that lack sufficient defenses via specially crafted input to the tr/// transliteration operator containing non-ASCII bytes on the left-hand side.
Severity level
| CVE | Score CVSS 2.0 | Score CVSS 3.x | Score CVSS 4.0 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
NIST — CVE-2024-56406
|
no information | 7.3 | no information |
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