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Posted on 13 April 2025
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-5902-1 security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso
April 13, 2025 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : perl
CVE ID : CVE-2024-56406
Nathan Mills discovered a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in
the implementation of the Perl programming language when transliterating
non-ASCII bytes with tr///, which may result in denial of service, or
potentially the execution of arbitrary code.
For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in
version 5.36.0-7+deb12u2.
We recommend that you upgrade your perl packages.
For the detailed security status of perl please refer to its security
tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/perl
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
