SUSE-SU-2025:20334-1

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2025-05-21 15:37 - Updated: 2026-09-20 18:11
Summary
Security update for perl
Severity
Important
Notes
Title of the patch: Security update for perl
Description of the patch: This update for perl fixes the following issues: - CVE-2024-56406: Fixed heap buffer overflow with tr// [bsc#1241083]
Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-Micro-6.0-330
Terms of use: CSAF 2.0 data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0).
Affected products
Product Identifier Version Remediation
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Micro 6.0:perl-0:5.38.2-2.1.aarch64 —
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Micro 6.0:perl-0:5.38.2-2.1.s390x —
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Micro 6.0:perl-0:5.38.2-2.1.x86_64 —
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Micro 6.0:perl-base-0:5.38.2-2.1.aarch64 —
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Micro 6.0:perl-base-0:5.38.2-2.1.s390x —
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Micro 6.0:perl-base-0:5.38.2-2.1.x86_64 —
Vendor Fix
Threats
Impact important

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