Vulnerability · Published Jun 5, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-10878
High 8.6
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the perl package (Alpine). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 4.9% (higher than 92% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)8.6High
Exploit odds (30 days)4.9%top 7.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Perl before 5.30.3 has an integer overflow related to mishandling of a "PL_regkind[OP(n)] == NOTHING" situation. A crafted regular expression could lead to malformed bytecode with a possibility of instruction injection.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.20 | perl | 5.30.3-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-10878 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | perl | 5.30.3-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-10878 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | perl | 5.30.3-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-10878 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | perl | 5.30.3-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-10878 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | perl | 5.30.3-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-10878 |
| Debian:12 | perl | 5.30.3-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-10878 |
| Debian:13 | perl | 5.30.3-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-10878 |
| Debian:14 | perl | 5.30.3-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-10878 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | perl | 4:5.26.3-419.el8 | RLSA-2021:1678 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- GLSA-202006-03 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO
- FEDORA-2020-fd73c08076 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- openSUSE-SU-2020:0850 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/Perl/perl5/compare/v5.30.2...v5.30.3 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/Perl/perl5/blob/blead/pod/perl5303delta.pod x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200611-0001/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/perl/perl5/commit/0a320d753fe7fca03df259a4dfd8e641e51edaa8 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/perl/perl5/commit/3295b48defa0f8570114877b063fe546dd348b3c x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html