[USN-7434-1] Perl vulnerability

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7434-1
April 14, 2025

perl vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 24.10
- Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

Summary:

Perl could be made to crash or run programs if it processed specially
crafted data.

Software Description:
- perl: Practical Extraction and Report Language

Details:

It was discovered that Perl incorrectly handled transliterating non-ASCII
bytes. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Perl to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 24.10
perl 5.38.2-5ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
perl 5.38.2-3.2ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
perl 5.34.0-3ubuntu1.4

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7434-1
CVE-2024-56406

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/perl/5.38.2-5ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/perl/5.38.2-3.2ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/perl/5.34.0-3ubuntu1.4