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perl — security advisory
Archive::Tar versions before 3.10 for Perl allow memory exhaustion via attacker controlled entry size field in tar header. _read_tar() reads each entry's payload with $handle->read($$data, $block), where $block is derived from the entry's 12-byte size field in the tar header with no upper bound on that value. A crafted header declaring a multi-gigabyte size causes Perl to allocate a scalar of that size.
- Products
- perl
- Affected versions
- 5.14.2-21build1, 5.18.1-4, 5.18.1-4build1, 5.18.1-5, 5.18.2-2, 5.18.2-2ubuntu1, 5.18.2-2ubuntu1.1, 5.18.2-2ubuntu1.3, 5.18.2-2ubuntu1.4, 5.18.2-2ubuntu1.6, 5.18.2-2ubuntu1.7, 5.18.2-2ubuntu1.7+esm3, 5.18.2-2ubuntu1.7+esm4, 5.18.2-2ubuntu1.7+esm5, 5.18.2-2ubuntu1.7+esm7, 5.18.2-2ubuntu1.7+esm8, 5.18.2-2ubuntu1.7+esm9, 5.20.2-6, 5.22.1-3, 5.22.1-4, 5.22.1-5, 5.22.1-7, 5.22.1-8, 5.22.1-9, 5.22.1-9ubuntu0.2, 5.22.1-9ubuntu0.3, 5.22.1-9ubuntu0.5, 5.22.1-9ubuntu0.6, 5.22.1-9ubuntu0.9, 5.22.1-9ubuntu0.9+esm1, 5.22.1-9ubuntu0.9+esm2, 5.22.1-9ubuntu0.9+esm3, 5.22.1-9ubuntu0.9+esm4, 5.26.0-8ubuntu1, 5.26.1-2ubuntu1, 5.26.1-3, 5.26.1-4, 5.26.1-4build1, 5.26.1-5, 5.26.1-6, 5.26.1-6ubuntu0.1, 5.26.1-6ubuntu0.2, 5.26.1-6ubuntu0.3, 5.26.1-6ubuntu0.5, 5.26.1-6ubuntu0.6, 5.26.1-6ubuntu0.7, 5.26.1-6ubuntu0.7+esm2, 5.26.1-6ubuntu0.7+esm3, 5.26.1-6ubuntu0.7+esm4, 5.28.1-6build1, 5.30.0-7, 5.30.0-9, 5.30.0-9build1, 5.30.0-9ubuntu0.2, 5.30.0-9ubuntu0.3, 5.30.0-9ubuntu0.4, 5.30.0-9ubuntu0.5, 5.30.0-9ubuntu0.5+esm2, 5.30.0-9ubuntu0.5+esm3, 5.30.0-9ubuntu0.5+esm4, 5.32.1-3ubuntu3, 5.34.0-3ubuntu1, 5.34.0-3ubuntu1.1, 5.34.0-3ubuntu1.2, 5.34.0-3ubuntu1.3, 5.34.0-3ubuntu1.4, 5.34.0-3ubuntu1.5, 5.34.0-3ubuntu1.7, 5.34.0-3ubuntu1.8, 5.34.0-3ubuntu1.9, 5.36.0-10ubuntu1, 5.36.0-9ubuntu1, 5.38.2-3, 5.38.2-3.2, 5.38.2-3.2build1, 5.38.2-3.2build2, 5.38.2-3.2build2.1, 5.38.2-3.2ubuntu0.1, 5.38.2-3.2ubuntu0.2, 5.38.2-3.2ubuntu0.3, 5.40.1-2, 5.40.1-3, 5.40.1-5, 5.40.1-6, 5.40.1-6build1, 5.40.1-6ubuntu0.1, 5.40.1-7build1, 5.40.1-7ubuntu0.1, 5.40.1-7ubuntu0.2, 5.40.1-7ubuntu0.3, 5.40.1-8, 5.40.1-8ubuntu1, 5.42.3-1
- Fixed versions
- 5.38.2-3.2ubuntu0.4
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-9538
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 03:34 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Archive::Tar versions before 3.10 for Perl allow memory exhaustion via attacker controlled entry size field in tar header. _read_tar() reads each entry's payload with $handle->read($$data, $block), where $block is derived from the entry's 12-byte size field in the tar header with no upper bound on that value. A crafted header declaring a multi-gigabyte size causes Perl to allocate a scalar of that size.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2026-9538
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perl
Fixed versions: 5.38.2-3.2ubuntu0.4
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Complete source record
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