USN-6517-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6517-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-6517-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-6517-1
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Published
2023-11-27T14:15:35.297126Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:36:42Z
Summary
perl vulnerabilities
Details

It was discovered that Perl incorrectly handled printing certain warning messages. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Perl to consume resources, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-48522)

Nathan Mills discovered that Perl incorrectly handled certain regular expressions. An attacker could use this issue to cause Perl to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-47038)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / perl

Package

Name
perl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/perl@5.30.0-9ubuntu0.5?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.30.0-9ubuntu0.5

Affected versions

5.*

5.28.1-6build1
5.30.0-7
5.30.0-9
5.30.0-9build1
5.30.0-9ubuntu0.2
5.30.0-9ubuntu0.3
5.30.0-9ubuntu0.4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "5.30.0-9ubuntu0.5",
            "binary_name": "libperl-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.30.0-9ubuntu0.5",
            "binary_name": "libperl5.30"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.30.0-9ubuntu0.5",
            "binary_name": "perl"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.30.0-9ubuntu0.5",
            "binary_name": "perl-base"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.30.0-9ubuntu0.5",
            "binary_name": "perl-debug"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.30.0-9ubuntu0.5",
            "binary_name": "perl-modules-5.30"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:20.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2023-47038",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / perl

Package

Name
perl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/perl@5.34.0-3ubuntu1.3?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.34.0-3ubuntu1.3

Affected versions

5.*

5.32.1-3ubuntu3
5.34.0-3ubuntu1
5.34.0-3ubuntu1.1
5.34.0-3ubuntu1.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "5.34.0-3ubuntu1.3",
            "binary_name": "libperl-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.34.0-3ubuntu1.3",
            "binary_name": "libperl5.34"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.34.0-3ubuntu1.3",
            "binary_name": "perl"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.34.0-3ubuntu1.3",
            "binary_name": "perl-base"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.34.0-3ubuntu1.3",
            "binary_name": "perl-debug"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.34.0-3ubuntu1.3",
            "binary_name": "perl-modules-5.34"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:22.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2022-48522",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "low",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "CVE-2023-47038",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}