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Fedora 41: FEDORA-2025-11fcc87c66 critical: perl-PAR-Packer buffer overflow

Fix CVE-2024-56406. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2025-11fcc87c66 2025-04-22 01:21:35.352714+00:00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name : perl-PAR-Packer Product : Fedora 41 Version : 1.063 Release : 5.fc41 URL : https://metacpan.org/dist/PAR-Packer Summary : PAR Packager Description : This module implements the App::Packer::Backend interface, for generating stand-alone executables, perl scripts and PAR files. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information: Fix CVE-2024-56406 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ChangeLog: * Tue Apr 15 2025 Jitka Plesnikova - 1.063-5 - Rebuild for Perl 5.40.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #2359475 - CVE-2024-56406 perl: Perl 5.34, 5.36, 5.38 and 5.40 are vulnerable to a heap buffer overflow when transliterating non-ASCII bytes [fedora-41] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2359475 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2025-11fcc87c66' 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 All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/security/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- _______________________________________________ package-announce mailing list -- This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. To unsubscribe send an email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Do not reply to spam, report it: . Fedora 41's perl-PAR-Packer update fixes a critical buffer overflow bug, CVE-2024-56406, with easy installation steps.. Fedora 41, perl-PAR-Packer, buffer overflow fix, software update. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Apr 22, 2025 •Critical Fedora