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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7434-2
April 23, 2025

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

- Ubuntu 25.04

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:

USN-7434-1 fixed a vulnerability in Perl. This update provides the
corresponding update for Ubuntu 25.04.

Original advisory 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 25.04
  perl                            5.40.1-2ubuntu0.1

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7434-2
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7434-1
  CVE-2024-56406

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/perl/5.40.1-2ubuntu0.1