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Fedora 43 perl-Sereal-Decoder Immediate Fix for Buffer Overflow Problem

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Calendar Grey May 29, 2026
Dist Fedora Esm H88
A critical security advisory for perl-Sereal-Decoder ensures COPY tags cannot read past the buffer's end in Fedora 43.
This update includes a security fix to make sure that COPY tags cannot be used to read past end of the buffer.

Summary

This library implements a deserializer for an efficient, compact-output,

and feature-rich binary protocol called Sereal.

Update Information:

This update includes a security fix to make sure that COPY tags cannot be used to read past end of the buffer.

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Change Log

* Wed May 20 2026 Paul Howarth - 5.005-1 - Update to 5.005 (rhbz#2480052) - Update bundled Zstd to 1.5.7, and other changes - Update spec to document changes from version 5 - Security fixes - make sure that COPY tags cannot be used to read past end of buffer * Sat Jan 17 2026 Fedora Release Engineering - 5.004-17 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_44_Mass_Rebuild

References


[ 1 ] Bug #2480052 - perl-Sereal-Decoder-5.005 is available https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2480052

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2026-49c4be8260' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label

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Name: perl-Sereal-Decoder
Product: Fedora 43
Version: 5.005
Release: 1.fc43
URL: https://metacpan.org/release/Sereal-Decoder
Summary: Perl deserialization for Sereal format

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security advisory fedora buffer overflow critical perl-Sereal-Decoder

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