CVE-2024-14031: Sereal::Encoder versions from 4.000 through 4.009_002 for Perl is vulnerable to a buffer overwrite flaw in the Zstandard library

[Robert Rothenberg <rrwo () cpansec org>]

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CVE-2024-14031                                       CPAN Security Group
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        CVE ID:  CVE-2024-14031
  Distribution:  Sereal-Encoder
      Versions:  from 4.000 through 4.009_002

      MetaCPAN:  https://metacpan.org/dist/Sereal-Encoder
      VCS Repo:  https://github.com/Sereal/Sereal


Sereal::Encoder versions from 4.000 through 4.009_002 for Perl is
vulnerable to a buffer overwrite flaw in the Zstandard library

Description
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Sereal::Encoder versions from 4.000 through 4.009_002 for Perl is
vulnerable to a buffer overwrite flaw in the Zstandard library.

Sereal::Encoder embeds a version of the Zstandard (zstd) library that
is vulnerable to CVE-2019-11922.  This is a race condition in the
one-pass compression functions of Zstandard prior to version 1.3.8
could allow an attacker to write bytes out of bounds if an output
buffer smaller than the recommended size was used.

Problem types
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- CWE-1395 Dependency on Vulnerable Third-Party Component

Solutions
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Upgrade to Sereal::Encoder version 4.010 or later.


References
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https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w77f-wv46-4vcx
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-11922
https://metacpan.org/release/YVES/Sereal-Encoder-4.010/changes

Timeline
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- 2017-02-06: Sereal::Encoder version 4.001_001 released.
- 2028-12-27: Zstandard 1.3.8 released.
- 2019-07-25: CVE-2019-11922 for Zstandard published
- 2020-02-04: Sereal::Encoder version 4.010 released.
- 2023-02-09: Advisory added to the CPANSA database.
- 2024-02-17: Advisory updated in the CPANSA database.