Security update for perl

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:4187-1
Rating: moderate
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Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2018-18311 ( SUSE ): 7.4 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2018-18311 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2018-18312 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
  • CVE-2018-18312 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2018-18313 ( SUSE ): 4.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2018-18313 ( NVD ): 9.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2018-18314 ( SUSE ): 4.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
  • CVE-2018-18314 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15
  • Development Tools Module 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15

An update that solves four vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for perl fixes the following issues:

Secuirty issues fixed:

  • CVE-2018-18311: Fixed integer overflow with oversize environment (bsc#1114674).
  • CVE-2018-18312: Fixed heap-buffer-overflow write / reg_node overrun (bsc#1114675).
  • CVE-2018-18313: Fixed heap-buffer-overflow read if regex contains \0 chars (bsc#1114681).
  • CVE-2018-18314: Fixed heap-buffer-overflow in regex (bsc#1114686).

Patch Instructions:

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

  • Basesystem Module 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-2018-2984=1
  • Development Tools Module 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-2018-2984=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • perl-debuginfo-5.26.1-7.6.1
    • perl-5.26.1-7.6.1
    • perl-base-5.26.1-7.6.1
    • perl-debugsource-5.26.1-7.6.1
    • perl-base-debuginfo-5.26.1-7.6.1
  • Basesystem Module 15 (x86_64)
    • perl-32bit-debuginfo-5.26.1-7.6.1
    • perl-base-32bit-debuginfo-5.26.1-7.6.1
    • perl-base-32bit-5.26.1-7.6.1
  • Development Tools Module 15 (noarch)
    • perl-doc-5.26.1-7.6.1

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