CPANSA-Storable-2017-20230: Storable vulnerability
| Publisher | giterlizzi | Document category | csaf_security_advisory |
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| Initial release date | 2026-04-21T00:00:00 | Engine | CSAF Perl Toolkit 0.26 |
| Current release date | 2026-04-21T00:00:00 | Build Date | |
| Current version | 1 | Status | final |
| CVSS v3.1 Base Score | 10 | Severity | |
| Original language | Language | en | |
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Vulnerability Description
Storable versions before 3.05 for Perl has a stack overflow. The retrieve_hook function stored the length of the class name into a signed integer but in read operations treated the length as unsigned. This allowed an attacker to craft data that could trigger the overflow.
Vulnerabilities
CVE-2017-20230
Vulnerability DescriptionStorable versions before 3.05 for Perl has a stack overflow.
The retrieve_hook function stored the length of the class name into a signed integer but in read operations treated the length as unsigned. This allowed an attacker to craft data that could trigger the overflow.
| Weakness | CWE-121 : Stack-based Buffer Overflow |
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Product status
Known affected
| Product | Score | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Storable less than 3.05 |
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Fixed
- Storable greater than or equal 3.05
giterlizzi
Namespace: https://github.com/giterlizzi/
gdt@cpan.org
References
- CPANSA-Storable-2017-20230 JSON self
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/giterlizzi/perl-CPANSA-CSAF/develop/csaf/white/2026/cpansa-storable-2017-20230.json - https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/a258c17c6937f79529c8319a829310e09cdbd216.patch external
https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/a258c17c6937f79529c8319a829310e09cdbd216.patch - https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/15831 external
https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/15831 - https://metacpan.org/release/RURBAN/Storable-3.05/changes external
https://metacpan.org/release/RURBAN/Storable-3.05/changes - https://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2017/01/msg242533.html external
https://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2017/01/msg242533.html - https://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2017/01/msg242703.html external
https://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2017/01/msg242703.html - http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/21/5 external
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/21/5 - CVE-2017-20230 (NVD) external
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-20230
Revision history
| Version | Date of the revision | Summary of the revision |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue Apr 21 00:00:00 2026 | First release |
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