Out-of-bounds Write Affecting perl package, versions <5.26.1-6
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-PERL-532333
- published 17 Apr 2018
- disclosed 17 Apr 2018
Introduced: 17 Apr 2018
CVE-2018-6913 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:11 perl to version 5.26.1-6 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.
Heap-based buffer overflow in the pack function in Perl before 5.26.2 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large item count.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-6913
- https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=131844
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6913
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4172
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00009.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-01
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103953
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040681
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-6913
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-2/
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