Security update for perl

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:1567-1
Release Date: 2026-04-23T12:10:59Z
Rating: critical
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2017-20230 ( SUSE ): 10.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2017-20230 ( NVD ): 10.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for perl fixes the following issue:

  • CVE-2017-20230: Storable versions before 3.05 for Perl has a stack overflow (bsc#1262486).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-2026-1567=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-EXTENDED-SECURITY-2026-1567=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • perl-5.18.2-12.32.1
    • perl-debuginfo-5.18.2-12.32.1
    • perl-base-debuginfo-5.18.2-12.32.1
    • perl-debugsource-5.18.2-12.32.1
    • perl-base-5.18.2-12.32.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS (noarch)
    • perl-doc-5.18.2-12.32.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS (s390x x86_64)
    • perl-debuginfo-32bit-5.18.2-12.32.1
    • perl-32bit-5.18.2-12.32.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security (x86_64)
    • perl-5.18.2-12.32.1
    • perl-debuginfo-5.18.2-12.32.1
    • perl-base-debuginfo-5.18.2-12.32.1
    • perl-debuginfo-32bit-5.18.2-12.32.1
    • perl-debugsource-5.18.2-12.32.1
    • perl-base-5.18.2-12.32.1
    • perl-32bit-5.18.2-12.32.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security (noarch)
    • perl-doc-5.18.2-12.32.1

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