CVE-2018-6798
Published: 14 April 2018
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.
Priority
Medium
CVSS 3 base score: 7.5
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
perl Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Needs triage
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| Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (Xenial Xerus) |
Released
(5.22.1-9ubuntu0.3)
|
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| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Not vulnerable
|
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Patches: Upstream: https://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/0abf1e8d89aecd32dbdabda5da4d52a2d57a7cff (5.24) Upstream: https://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/f65da1ca2eee74696d9c120e9d69af37b4fa1920 (5.24) Upstream: https://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/8e6f44c90c7fa1f63c19a44c45482b09a407e15b (5.26) Upstream: https://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/8b80ce67ff257aaa36e47eaf4194d27a51595524 (5.26) |
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Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| ratliff | Fix developed by Yves Orton, Karl Williamson, and Tony Cook |
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6798
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3625-1
- NVD
- Launchpad
- Debian