Mark GardnerThe Perl 5 Porters have released <a class="hashtag" href="https://ack.nerdfight.online/tag/perl" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Perl</a> versions 5.40.2 and 5.38.4 to address CVE-2024-56406. It is believed that this <a class="hashtag" href="https://ack.nerdfight.online/tag/security" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#security</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://ack.nerdfight.online/tag/vulnerability" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vulnerability</a> can enable Denial of Service or Arbitrary Code Execution attacks on platforms that lack sufficient defenses.<br><br>You can soon download both from your favorite <a class="hashtag" href="https://ack.nerdfight.online/tag/cpan" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CPAN</a> mirror or find them at:<br><br><a href="https://metacpan.org/release/SHAY/perl-5.40.2/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://metacpan.org/release/SHAY/perl-5.40.2/</a><br><br><a href="https://metacpan.org/release/SHAY/perl-5.38.4/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://metacpan.org/release/SHAY/perl-5.38.4/</a><br><br>Changes are listed in their respective “perldelta” documents:<br><br><a href="https://metacpan.org/release/SHAY/perl-5.40.2/view/pod/perldelta.pod" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://metacpan.org/release/SHAY/perl-5.40.2/view/pod/perldelta.pod</a><br><br><a href="https://metacpan.org/release/SHAY/perl-5.38.4/view/pod/perldelta.pod" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://metacpan.org/release/SHAY/perl-5.38.4/view/pod/perldelta.pod</a>