Out-of-bounds Read Affecting perl package, versions <5.22.1-9ubuntu0.3
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.53% (77th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1604-PERL-327696
- published 17 Apr 2018
- disclosed 17 Apr 2018
Introduced: 17 Apr 2018
CVE-2018-6798 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 perl to version 5.22.1-9ubuntu0.3 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:16.04 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
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-6798
- https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=132063
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6798
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4172
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-6798
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-01
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1192
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040681
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-1/