DEBIAN-CVE-2026-48961
IO::Compress versions from 2.207 before 2.220 for Perl ship a zipdetails CLI tool that crashes with undefined subroutine on Info-ZIP Unix Extra Field with 8-byte UID or GID. When decode_ux() in bin/zipdetails handles an Info-ZIP Unix Extra Field (tag 0x7875) with UID Size or GID Size set to 8, causing zipdetails to decode an 8-byte UID or GID value, it dispatches through decodeLitteEndian(), which calls a misnamed helper unpackValueQ. The actual function defined in the same file is unpackValue_Q (with underscore); the call raises 'Undefined subroutine &main::unpackValueQ' and the script exits with status 255. Library callers of IO::Compress and IO::Uncompress are not affected; the defect is in the bundled CLI tool.
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-48961
Primary source · Revision 1
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Security context
Source reference: osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2026-48961
libio-compress-perl
Source reference: /affected/0/package/name
- Affected versions
- 2.213-1
Source reference:
/affected/0/versions - Fixed versions
- 2.213-1+deb13u1
Source reference:
/affected/0/ranges - Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
libio-compress-perl
Source reference: /affected/1/package/name
- Affected versions
- 2.213-1
Source reference:
/affected/1/versions2.214-1Source reference:
/affected/1/versions2.217-1Source reference:
/affected/1/versions2.219-1Source reference:
/affected/1/versions2.219-2Source reference:
/affected/1/versions - Fixed versions
- 2.220-1
Source reference:
/affected/1/ranges - Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
perl
Source reference: /affected/2/package/name
- Affected versions
- 5.40.1-6
Source reference:
/affected/2/versions - Fixed versions
- 5.40.1-6+deb13u1
Source reference:
/affected/2/ranges - Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
perl
Source reference: /affected/3/package/name
- Affected versions
- 5.40.1-6
Source reference:
/affected/3/versions5.40.1-7Source reference:
/affected/3/versions - Fixed versions
- 5.40.1-8
Source reference:
/affected/3/ranges - Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
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]Publisher severity
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