Link Following Affecting perl package, versions <5.18.2-2ubuntu1.6


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.04% (93rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-PERL-327729
  • published7 Jun 2018
  • disclosed7 Jun 2018

Introduced: 7 Jun 2018

CVE-2018-12015  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-59  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 perl to version 5.18.2-2ubuntu1.6 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Perl through 5.26.2, the Archive::Tar module allows remote attackers to bypass a directory-traversal protection mechanism, and overwrite arbitrary files, via an archive file containing a symlink and a regular file with the same name.