Out-of-bounds Write Affecting perl package, versions <5.28.1-1
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-PERL-515220
- published2 Dec 2018
- disclosed7 Dec 2018
Introduced: 2 Dec 2018
CVE-2018-18311 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:11 perl to version 5.28.1-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perl package and not the perl package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:11 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.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-18311
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT209600
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/42
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10278
- https://metacpan.org/changes/release/SHAY/perl-5.26.3
- https://metacpan.org/changes/release/SHAY/perl-5.28.1
- https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133204
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-18311
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4347
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00039.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RWQGEB543QN7SSBRKYJM6PSOC3RLYGSM/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-01
- https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/34716e2a6ee2af96078d62b065b7785c001194be
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190221-0003/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1942
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2400
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1646730
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0001
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0010
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0109
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1790
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Mar/49
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106145
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042181
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-18311
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3834-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3834-2/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RWQGEB543QN7SSBRKYJM6PSOC3RLYGSM/