Debian Security Advisory DSA-4172-1 [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso
April 14, 2018 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
Package : perl
CVE ID : CVE-2018-6797 CVE-2018-6798 CVE-2018-6913
Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the implementation of the
Perl programming language. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
project identifies the following problems:
CVE-2018-6797
Brian Carpenter reported that a crafted regular expression
could cause a heap buffer write overflow, with control over the
bytes written.
CVE-2018-6798
Nguyen Duc Manh reported that matching a crafted locale dependent
regular expression could cause a heap buffer read overflow and
potentially information disclosure.
CVE-2018-6913
GwanYeong Kim reported that 'pack()' could cause a heap buffer write
overflow with a large item count.
For the oldstable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed
in version 5.20.2-3+deb8u10. The oldstable distribution (jessie) update
contains only a fix for CVE-2018-6913.
For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in
version 5.24.1-3+deb9u3.
We recommend that you upgrade your perl packages.
For the detailed security status of perl please refer to its security
tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/perl
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
Mailing list: [email protected]
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Debian | 8 | arm64 | perl-debug | < 5.20.2-3+deb8u10 | perl-debug_5.20.2-3+deb8u10_arm64.deb |
Debian | 9 | ppc64el | perl-debug | < 5.24.1-3+deb9u3 | perl-debug_5.24.1-3+deb9u3_ppc64el.deb |
Debian | 8 | ppc64el | perl-debug | < 5.20.2-3+deb8u10 | perl-debug_5.20.2-3+deb8u10_ppc64el.deb |
Debian | 9 | s390x | libperl-dev | < 5.24.1-3+deb9u3 | libperl-dev_5.24.1-3+deb9u3_s390x.deb |
Debian | 9 | all | perl-modules-5.24 | < 5.24.1-3+deb9u3 | perl-modules-5.24_5.24.1-3+deb9u3_all.deb |
Debian | 7 | all | libcgi-fast-perl | < 5.14.2-21+deb7u6 | libcgi-fast-perl_5.14.2-21+deb7u6_all.deb |
Debian | 8 | amd64 | perl-base | < 5.20.2-3+deb8u10 | perl-base_5.20.2-3+deb8u10_amd64.deb |
Debian | 9 | arm64 | libperl-dev | < 5.24.1-3+deb9u3 | libperl-dev_5.24.1-3+deb9u3_arm64.deb |
Debian | 8 | s390x | perl | < 5.20.2-3+deb8u10 | perl_5.20.2-3+deb8u10_s390x.deb |
Debian | 7 | armhf | libperl5.14 | < 5.14.2-21+deb7u6 | libperl5.14_5.14.2-21+deb7u6_armhf.deb |