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Mageia Perl-Socket Important Out-of-Bounds Read Risk CVE-2026-12087

mageia
Calendar Grey July 13, 2026
Dist Mageia Esm H88
Perl-Socket update for Mageia fixes out-of-bounds read issue, enhancing system security against potential exploits.
Security update

Summary

Description: Socket versions before 2.041 for Perl have an out-of-bounds heap read. (CVE-2026-12087)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35708

- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/15/10

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-12087

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory important out-of-bounds Mageia heap read perl-socket

Resolution

SRPMS

- 10/core/perl-Socket-2.41.0-1.mga10

- 9/core/perl-Socket-2.36.0-1.1.mga9

Severity
important
Lowest
Low
Medium
High
Critical

Publication date: 14 Jul 2026
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2026-0251.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2026-12087

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory important out-of-bounds Mageia heap read perl-socket

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