USN-4602-1 (UBUNTU-CVE-2020-10543)
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2020-10-26 11:11 – Updated: 2026-04-22 07:36 – Source websiteManhND discovered that Perl incorrectly handled certain regular expressions. In environments where untrusted regular expressions are evaluated, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Perl to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-10543)
Hugo van der Sanden and Slaven Rezic discovered that Perl incorrectly handled certain regular expressions. In environments where untrusted regular expressions are evaluated, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Perl to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-10878)
Sergey Aleynikov discovered that Perl incorrectly handled certain regular expressions. In environments where untrusted regular expressions are evaluated, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Perl to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-12723)
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"details": "ManhND discovered that Perl incorrectly handled certain regular\nexpressions. In environments where untrusted regular expressions are\nevaluated, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Perl to\ncrash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary\ncode. (CVE-2020-10543)\n\nHugo van der Sanden and Slaven Rezic discovered that Perl incorrectly\nhandled certain regular expressions. In environments where untrusted\nregular expressions are evaluated, a remote attacker could possibly use\nthis issue to cause Perl to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or\npossibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-10878)\n\nSergey Aleynikov discovered that Perl incorrectly handled certain regular\nexpressions. In environments where untrusted regular expressions are\nevaluated, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Perl to\ncrash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary\ncode. (CVE-2020-12723)\n",
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