UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6798

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6798

    Published: 14 Apr 2018Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-6798
    Aliases:
    USN-3625-1

    Summary:

    Details: An issue was discovered in Perl 5.22 through 5.26. Matching a crafted locale dependent regular expression can cause a heap-based buffer over-read and potentially information disclosure.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-6798, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3625-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6798

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: perl

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -5.22.1-9ubuntu0.3

    Affected versions

    5.20.2-6

    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