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CVE-2017-12883

Buffer overflow in the S_grok_bslash_N function in regcomp.c in Perl 5 before 5.24.3-RC1 and 5.26.x before 5.26.1-RC1 allows remote attacker

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Summary

Buffer overflow in the S_grok_bslash_N function in regcomp.c in Perl 5 before 5.24.3-RC1 and 5.26.x before 5.26.1-RC1 allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted regular expression with an invalid '\N{U+...}' escape.

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Affected versions

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References 10

debian.org

securityfocus.com

oracle.com

perl5.git.perl.org

security.netapp.com

mirror.cucumberlinux.com

bugzilla.redhat.com

rt.perl.org