| Name | CVE-2017-20230 |
| Description | Storable versions before 3.05 for Perl has a stack overflow. The retrieve_hook function stored the length of the class name into a signed integer but in read operations treated the length as unsigned. This allowed an attacker to craft data that could trigger the overflow. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| perl (PTS) | bullseye | 5.32.1-4+deb11u3 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 5.32.1-4+deb11u5 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 5.36.0-7+deb12u3 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security) | 5.36.0-7+deb12u2 | fixed | |
| trixie | 5.40.1-6 | fixed | |
| forky, sid | 5.40.1-7 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| libstorable-perl | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | |||
| perl | source | (unstable) | 5.28.0-3 |
https://lists.security.metacpan.org/cve-announce/msg/39144694/
https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/15831
https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/a258c17c6937f79529c8319a829310e09cdbd216 (v5.27.9)