Out-of-bounds Read Affecting perl-doc package, versions <5.26.1-150000.7.18.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.93% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES152-PERLDOC-6842114
  • published15 May 2024
  • disclosed14 May 2024

Introduced: 14 May 2024

CVE-2018-6798  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.2 perl-doc 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-doc package and not the perl-doc 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.