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Fedora 38: 2023-9ef8a60a05 critical: perl-Module-Build DoS

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Calendar Grey December 17, 2023
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Ubuntu 23.10 introduces a critical update for python-coverage, bolstering security for testing report analytics.
Security fix for CVE-2023-47038

Summary

This module provides code coverage metrics for Perl. Code coverage metrics

describe how thoroughly tests exercise code. By using Devel::Cover you can

discover areas of code not exercised by your tests and determine which

tests to create to increase coverage. Code coverage can be considered as an

indirect measure of quality.

Update Information:

Security fix for CVE-2023-47038

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service update Fedora CVE fix perl

Change Log

* Thu Nov 30 2023 Jitka Plesnikova - 1.36-11 - Rebuild for Perl 5.36.3

References


[ 1 ] Bug #2251622 - CVE-2023-47038 perl: Write past buffer end via illegal user-defined Unicode property [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2251622

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2023-9ef8a60a05' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

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Name: perl-Devel-Cover
Product: Fedora 38
Version: 1.36
Release: 11.fc38
URL: https://metacpan.org/dist/Devel-Cover
Summary: Code coverage metrics for Perl

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service update Fedora CVE fix perl

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