Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting perl-devel package, versions <4:5.16.3-294.el7_6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.31% (71st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-PERLDEVEL-2130955
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed29 Nov 2018

Introduced: 29 Nov 2018

CVE-2018-18311  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 perl-devel to version 4:5.16.3-294.el7_6 or higher.

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 Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 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.