Out-of-Bounds Affecting perl-doc package, versions <5.26.1-7.6.1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
6.06% (94th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-PERLDOC-2758007
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed19 Dec 2018

Introduced: 19 Dec 2018

CVE-2018-18314  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 perl-doc to version 5.26.1-7.6.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perl-doc package and not the perl-doc package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

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