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Debian: DSA-5902-1 critical: perl buffer overflow exploitation

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Calendar Grey April 13, 2025
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The latest Debian advisory DSA-5903-1 warns of a critical vulnerability in Python, raising concerns regarding system integrity and data protection.
Nathan Mills discovered a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the implementation of the Perl programming language when transliterating non-ASCII bytes with tr///, which may...
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security advisory buffer overflow code execution Debian Denial of Service Perl

Summary

For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in
version 5.36.0-7+deb12u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your perl packages.

For the detailed security status of perl please refer to its security
tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/perl

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: perl
CVE ID: CVE-2024-56406

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security advisory buffer overflow code execution Debian Denial of Service Perl

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