Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting perl-core package, versions <0:5.16.3-294.el7_6


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.5% (77th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-PERLCORE-2534082
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed7 Dec 2018

Introduced: 7 Dec 2018

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 perl-core to version 0:5.16.3-294.el7_6 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2019-0109.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perl-core package and not the perl-core package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle: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.

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