SUSE-SU-2018:1972-2

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    SUSE-SU-2018:1972-2

    Published: 18 Oct 2018Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for perl

    Details: This update for perl fixes the following issues: These security issue were fixed: - CVE-2018-6913: Fixed space calculation issues in pp_pack.c (bsc#1082216). - CVE-2018-6798: Fixed heap buffer overflow in regexec.c (bsc#1082233). - CVE-2018-6797: Fixed sharp-s regexp overflow (bsc#1082234). - CVE-2018-12015: The Archive::Tar module allowed remote attackers to bypass a directory-traversal protection mechanism and overwrite arbitrary files (bsc#1096718) This non-security issue was fixed: - fix debugger crash in tab completion with Term::ReadLine::Gnu [bsc#1068565]

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20181972-2/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1068565, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1082216, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1082233, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1082234, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1096718, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12015, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6797, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6798, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6913

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: perl

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/perl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCL

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -5.18.2-12.14.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High