Security update for perl

An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

Description:

This update for perl fixes the following issues:

Security issue fixed:

- CVE-2018-6913: Fixed space calculation issues in pp_pack.c (bsc#1082216).
- CVE-2018-6798: Fixed heap buffer overflow in regexec.c (bsc#1082233).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4:
  zypper in -t patch sdksp4-perl-13564=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4:
  zypper in -t patch slessp4-perl-13564=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:
  zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-perl-13564=1

Package List:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
  • perl-base-32bit-5.10.0-64.81.10.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
  • perl-5.10.0-64.81.10.1
  • perl-Module-Build-0.2808.01-0.81.10.1
  • perl-Test-Simple-0.72-0.81.10.1
  • perl-base-5.10.0-64.81.10.1
  • perl-doc-5.10.0-64.81.10.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
  • perl-32bit-5.10.0-64.81.10.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (ia64):
  • perl-x86-5.10.0-64.81.10.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
  • perl-debuginfo-5.10.0-64.81.10.1
  • perl-debugsource-5.10.0-64.81.10.1

References:

• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6798.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6913.html
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/1082216
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/1082233