perl: decode_xs heap-based buffer overflow
This update of Perl fixes a heap based buffer overflow in
the decode_xs() function (CVE-2011-2939, bnc#728662).
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Submitted by
Adrian Schröter (adrianSuSE)
- Version 5471
Fixed bugs
bnc#728662
VUL-0: CVE-2011-2939: perl: decode_xs heap-based buffer overflow
CVE#CVE-2011-2939
Off-by-one error in the decode_xs function in Unicode/Unicode.xs in the Encode module before 2.44, as used in Perl before 5.15.6, might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted Unicode string, which
