Integer overflow in Perl - CVE-2020-10878

 

Integer overflow in Perl - CVE-2020-10878

Published: June 15, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU29015
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-10878
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow related to mishandling of a "PL_regkind[OP(n)] == NOTHING" situation. A remote attacker can use a specially crafted regular expression, trigger integer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Affected software

Perl
Gentoo Linux
ClevOS
F5OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM System z (Structure A)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
CentOS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power 9
IBM AIX
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Anolis OS
Ubuntu
Opensuse
openEuler
Fedora
BIG-IP
Netezza Appliance
Oracle Communications EAGLE LNP Application Processor
Oracle Communications User Data Repository
Oracle Communications EAGLE Application Processor
Business Automation Insights
Data Computing Appliance (DCA)
Cloud Pak for Security (CP4S)
Cloud Pak for Data
WordPress Gallery Plugin - NextGEN Gallery
IBM VIOS
IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data
IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data
Oracle Communications Performance Intelligence Center (PIC) Software
Enterprise Manager Base Platform
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes
Traffix SDC
Oracle Configuration Manager
perl (Alpine package)
perl (Red Hat package)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
perl-Module-Loaded
perl-Locale-Maketext-Simple
perl-Attribute-Handlers
perl-Memoize
perl-Devel-SelfStubber
perl-ExtUtils-Miniperl
perl-IO-Zlib
perl-open
perl-Pod-Html
perl-SelfLoader
perl-Devel-Peek
perl-Errno
perl-Test
perl-Time-Piece
perl-ExtUtils-Embed
perl-IO
perl-Math-Complex
perl-Net-Ping
perl (Ubuntu package)
perl516 (Red Hat package)
perl-macros
perl-libs
perl-interpreter
perl-devel
perl
perl-utils
perl-tests
perl-libnetcfg
perl-debuginfo
perl-debugsource
perl-help
BIG-IQ Centralized Management
Oracle SD-WAN Aware
Juniper Junos Space
IBM Security Guardium
Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management
Oracle Communications Offline Mediation Controller
Oracle Communications Pricing Design Center
Web Terminal
watsonx.data

How to mitigate CVE-2020-10878

Install updates from vendor's website.

Perl - update to 5.30.3
BIG-IP - addressed in versions 14.1.4.5, 15.1.4.1, 15.1.5, 16.1.2
Netezza Appliance - update to 1.0.0.1
Cloud Pak for Security (CP4S) - update to 1.8.0.0
IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data - addressed in versions 4.5.1, 4.8.0
IBM Watson Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data - update to 4.7.0
Traffix SDC - update to 5.2.0
perl (Alpine package) - update to 5.26.3-r1
perl (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 5.16.3-294.el7_6.1, 5.16.3-294.el7_7.1, 5.16.3-299.el7_9, 5.26.3-418.el8_2.1, 5.26.3-419.el8
Business Automation Insights - addressed in versions 24.0.0.0.6, 24.0.1.0.6, 25.0.0.0.3
perl-Module-Loaded - update to 0.08-418
perl-Locale-Maketext-Simple - update to 0.21-418
perl-Attribute-Handlers - update to 0.99-418
Web Terminal - update to 1.3
perl-Memoize - update to 1.03-418
perl-Devel-SelfStubber - update to 1.06-418
perl-ExtUtils-Miniperl - update to 1.06-418
perl-IO-Zlib - update to 1.10-418
perl-open - update to 1.11-418
perl-Pod-Html - update to 1.22.02-418
perl-SelfLoader - update to 1.23-418
perl-Devel-Peek - update to 1.26-418
perl-Errno - update to 1.28-418
perl-Test - update to 1.30-418
perl-Time-Piece - update to 1.31-418
perl-ExtUtils-Embed - update to 1.34-418
perl-IO - update to 1.38-418
perl-Math-Complex - update to 1.59-418
watsonx.data - addressed in versions 2.0.2, 2.0.3
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes - addressed in versions 2.0.8, 2.1.3
perl-Net-Ping - update to 2.55-418
Data Computing Appliance (DCA) - update to 4.3.0.0
Cloud Pak for Data - update to 4.8.5
perl (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.14.2-6ubuntu2.11, 5.18.2-2ubuntu1.7+esm3, 5.22.1-9ubuntu0.9, 5.26.1-6ubuntu0.5, 5.30.0-9ubuntu0.2
perl516 (Red Hat package) - update to 5.16.3-292.el7_4.2
perl-macros - update to 5.26.3-418
perl-libs - update to 5.26.3-418
perl-interpreter - update to 5.26.3-418
perl-devel - update to 5.26.3-418
perl - update to 5.26.3-418
perl-utils - update to 5.26.3-418
perl-tests - update to 5.26.3-418
perl-libnetcfg - update to 5.26.3-418
perl-debuginfo - update to 5.28.0-435
perl - update to 5.28.0-435
perl-debugsource - update to 5.28.0-435
perl-devel - update to 5.28.0-435
perl-help - update to 5.28.0-435
perl-libs - update to 5.28.0-435
perl - addressed in versions 5.30.3-452.fc31, 5.30.3-453.fc32, 5.30-3120200602094358.a9ea5770, 5.30-3220200602094358.35f641a4
Juniper Junos Space - update to 21.2R1

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