Upstream information

CVE-2018-6797 at MITRE

Description

An issue was discovered in Perl 5.18 through 5.26. A crafted regular expression can cause a heap-based buffer overflow, with control over the bytes written.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.5
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 9.8 4
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector Network Local
Attack Complexity Low Low
Privileges Required None None
User Interaction None None
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High Low
Integrity Impact High None
Availability Impact High None
CVSSv3 Version 3 3
SUSE Bugzilla entries: 1082234 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 1106717 [RESOLVED / INVALID]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
Container caasp/v4/default-http-backend:beta1
Container caasp/v4/dnsmasq-nanny:2.78
Container caasp/v4/flannel:0.9.1
Container caasp/v4/kubedns:beta1
Container caasp/v4/openldap:beta1
Container caasp/v4/pause:1.0.0
Container caasp/v4/pv-recycler-node:8.25
Container caasp/v4/salt-api:beta1
Container caasp/v4/salt-master:beta1
Container caasp/v4/salt-minion:beta1
Container caasp/v4/sidecar:beta1
Container caasp/v4/velum:4.0.0
Container suse/sles12sp3:12.16
Container suse/sles12sp4:14.28
Container suse/sles12sp5:5.2.257
  • perl-base >= 5.18.2-12.17.1
Container caasp/v4/haproxy:beta1
Container caasp/v4/nginx-ingress-controller:beta1
Image SLES12-SP4-Azure-BYOS
Image SLES12-SP4-EC2-HVM-BYOS
Image SLES12-SP4-GCE-BYOS
Image SLES12-SP4-OCI-BYOS
Image SLES12-SP4-SAP-Azure
Image SLES12-SP4-SAP-Azure-BYOS
Image SLES12-SP4-SAP-Azure-LI-BYOS-Production
Image SLES12-SP4-SAP-Azure-VLI-BYOS-Production
Image SLES12-SP4-SAP-EC2-HVM
Image SLES12-SP4-SAP-EC2-HVM-BYOS
Image SLES12-SP4-SAP-GCE
Image SLES12-SP4-SAP-GCE-BYOS
Image SLES12-SP4-SAP-OCI-BYOS
Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-BYOS
Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-Basic-On-Demand
Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-HPC-BYOS
Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-HPC-On-Demand
Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-SAP-BYOS
Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-SAP-On-Demand
Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-Standard-On-Demand
Image SLES12-SP5-EC2-BYOS
Image SLES12-SP5-EC2-ECS-On-Demand
Image SLES12-SP5-EC2-On-Demand
Image SLES12-SP5-EC2-SAP-BYOS
Image SLES12-SP5-EC2-SAP-On-Demand
Image SLES12-SP5-GCE-BYOS
Image SLES12-SP5-GCE-On-Demand
Image SLES12-SP5-GCE-SAP-BYOS
Image SLES12-SP5-GCE-SAP-On-Demand
Image SLES12-SP5-OCI-BYOS-BYOS
Image SLES12-SP5-OCI-BYOS-SAP-BYOS
Image SLES12-SP5-SAP-Azure-LI-BYOS-Production
Image SLES12-SP5-SAP-Azure-VLI-BYOS-Production
  • perl >= 5.18.2-12.17.1
  • perl-base >= 5.18.2-12.17.1
SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0
  • perl >= 5.18.2-12.17.1
  • perl-base >= 5.18.2-12.17.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-CAASP-3.0-2018-1695
SUSE Enterprise Storage 4
  • perl >= 5.18.2-12.14.1
  • perl-32bit >= 5.18.2-12.14.1
  • perl-base >= 5.18.2-12.14.1
  • perl-doc >= 5.18.2-12.14.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-Storage-4-2018-1328
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
  • perl >= 5.18.2-12.14.1
  • perl-32bit >= 5.18.2-12.14.1
  • perl-base >= 5.18.2-12.14.1
  • perl-doc >= 5.18.2-12.14.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2018-1328
SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2018-730
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4
  • perl >= 5.18.2-12.17.1
  • perl-32bit >= 5.18.2-12.17.1
  • perl-base >= 5.18.2-12.17.1
  • perl-doc >= 5.18.2-12.17.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 GA perl-32bit-5.18.2-12.17.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • perl >= 5.18.2-12.20.1
  • perl-32bit >= 5.18.2-12.20.1
  • perl-base >= 5.18.2-12.20.1
  • perl-doc >= 5.18.2-12.20.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 GA perl-32bit-5.18.2-12.20.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT
  • perl >= 5.18.2-12.14.1
  • perl-32bit >= 5.18.2-12.14.1
  • perl-base >= 5.18.2-12.14.1
  • perl-doc >= 5.18.2-12.14.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-POS-12-SP2-CLIENT-2018-1328
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS
  • perl >= 5.18.2-12.14.1
  • perl-32bit >= 5.18.2-12.14.1
  • perl-base >= 5.18.2-12.14.1
  • perl-doc >= 5.18.2-12.14.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2018-1328
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL
  • perl >= 5.18.2-12.14.1
  • perl-32bit >= 5.18.2-12.14.1
  • perl-base >= 5.18.2-12.14.1
  • perl-doc >= 5.18.2-12.14.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-BCL-2018-1328
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS
  • perl >= 5.18.2-12.14.1
  • perl-32bit >= 5.18.2-12.14.1
  • perl-base >= 5.18.2-12.14.1
  • perl-doc >= 5.18.2-12.14.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-ESPOS-2018-1328
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS
  • perl >= 5.18.2-12.14.1
  • perl-32bit >= 5.18.2-12.14.1
  • perl-base >= 5.18.2-12.14.1
  • perl-doc >= 5.18.2-12.14.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2018-1328
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
  • perl >= 5.18.2-12.14.1
  • perl-32bit >= 5.18.2-12.14.1
  • perl-base >= 5.18.2-12.14.1
  • perl-doc >= 5.18.2-12.14.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-1328
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-730
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
  • perl >= 5.18.2-12.17.1
  • perl-32bit >= 5.18.2-12.17.1
  • perl-base >= 5.18.2-12.17.1
  • perl-doc >= 5.18.2-12.17.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 GA perl-32bit-5.18.2-12.17.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • perl >= 5.18.2-12.20.1
  • perl-32bit >= 5.18.2-12.20.1
  • perl-base >= 5.18.2-12.20.1
  • perl-doc >= 5.18.2-12.20.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 GA perl-32bit-5.18.2-12.20.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS
  • perl >= 5.18.2-12.14.1
  • perl-32bit >= 5.18.2-12.14.1
  • perl-base >= 5.18.2-12.14.1
  • perl-doc >= 5.18.2-12.14.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2018-1328
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
  • perl >= 5.18.2-12.14.1
  • perl-32bit >= 5.18.2-12.14.1
  • perl-base >= 5.18.2-12.14.1
  • perl-doc >= 5.18.2-12.14.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP1-2018-1328
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
  • perl >= 5.18.2-12.14.1
  • perl-32bit >= 5.18.2-12.14.1
  • perl-base >= 5.18.2-12.14.1
  • perl-doc >= 5.18.2-12.14.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP2-2018-1328
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7
  • perl >= 5.18.2-12.14.1
  • perl-32bit >= 5.18.2-12.14.1
  • perl-base >= 5.18.2-12.14.1
  • perl-doc >= 5.18.2-12.14.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-7-2018-1328

Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 perl Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 perl Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS perl Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 perl Released
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL perl Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 perl Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS perl Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 perl Affected
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 perl Affected
Magnum Orchestration 7 perl Released
SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0 perl Released
SUSE Container as a Service Platform 2.0 perl Released
SUSE Enterprise Storage 4 perl Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 perl Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 perl Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 perl Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 perl Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 perl Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 perl Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT perl Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 perl Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 perl Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS perl Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS perl Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 perl Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS perl Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS perl Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 perl Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 perl Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS perl Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 perl Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS perl Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS perl Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 perl Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL perl Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS perl Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS perl Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS perl Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 perl Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 perl Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 perl Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 perl Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 perl Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 perl Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 perl Released
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 perl Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 perl Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 perl Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 perl Affected

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu Feb 22 10:30:29 2018
CVE page last modified: Sun Apr 30 21:31:56 2023