Out-of-bounds Read Affecting perl-base package, versions <5.26.1-150000.7.18.1
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- published15 May 2024
- disclosed14 May 2024
Introduced: 14 May 2024
CVE-2018-6798 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade SLES:15.2 perl-base to version 5.26.1-150000.7.18.1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perl-base package and not the perl-base package as distributed by SLES.
See How to fix? for SLES:15.2 relevant fixed versions and status.
An issue was discovered in Perl 5.22 through 5.26. Matching a crafted locale dependent regular expression can cause a heap-based buffer over-read and potentially information disclosure.
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6798.html
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1082233
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1106717
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040681
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1192
- https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=132063
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-01
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4172
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html