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IBM AIX: perl_advisory8 (CVE-2023-47100): Vulnerability in perl affects AIX

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IBM AIX: perl_advisory8 (CVE-2023-47100): Vulnerability in perl affects AIX

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/02/2023
Created
02/23/2024
Added
02/22/2024
Modified
02/22/2024

Description

In Perl before 5.38.2, S_parse_uniprop_string in regcomp.c can write to unallocated space because a property name associated with a \p{...} regular expression construct is mishandled. The earliest affected version is 5.30.0.

Solution(s)

  • ibm-aix-perl_advisory8

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