Out-of-bounds Write Affecting perl-devel package, versions <4:5.16.3-294.43.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
11.68% (96th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-PERLDEVEL-1716845
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed7 Dec 2018

Introduced: 7 Dec 2018

CVE-2018-18311  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 perl-devel to version 4:5.16.3-294.43.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2019-1180.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perl-devel package and not the perl-devel package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

Perl before 5.26.3 and 5.28.x before 5.28.1 has a buffer overflow via a crafted regular expression that triggers invalid write operations.

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