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High ALSA-2025:8636 1 CVE

Important: perl-FCGI security update

Published Jun 9, 2025 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

FastCGI Perl bindings.

Security Fix(es):

* perl-fcgi: FCGI versions 0.44 through 0.82, for Perl, include a vulnerable version of the FastCGI fcgi2 (aka fcgi) library (CVE-2025-40907)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 10 perl-FCGI 1:0.82-13.1.el10_0

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Medium 5.3

    FCGI versions 0.44 through 0.82, for Perl, include a vulnerable version of the FastCGI fcgi2 (aka fcgi) library

    FCGI versions 0.44 through 0.82, for Perl, include a vulnerable version of the FastCGI fcgi2 (aka fcgi) library. The included FastCGI library is affected by CVE-2025-23016, causing an integer overflow (and resultant heap-based buffer overflow) via crafted nam…

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-40907
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2366847
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/10/ALSA-2025-8636.html