Medium6.5Red Hat & Ubuntu Linux
Storable for Perl: Denial of service via stack overflow in retrieve_hook function
CVE-2017-20230 Published Apr 21, 2026
CVE-2017-20230
Affected products & platforms
Red Hat & Ubuntu LinuxUnclassified
Summary
Storable for Perl: Denial of service via stack overflow in retrieve_hook function. Red Hat rates this moderate (CVSS 6.5). Weakness: CWE-190. Affected package(s): perl-storable-main. Resolved in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:7578 — update the affected packages (`sudo dnf update`).
Affected versions
- perl-storable-main-3.37-522.1.hum1
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 4 hours ago·verify at source
Fixed versions
- RHSA-2026:7578
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 4 hours ago·verify at source
Mitigation checklist
Recommended fix / mitigation
- Update the affected package(s) to the fixed version shipped in RHSA-2026:7578 (`sudo dnf update` / `yum update`).
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 4 hours ago·verify at source
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