Security update for perl

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:2447-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2018-12015 ( SUSE ): 3.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
  • CVE-2018-12015 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2018-6797 ( SUSE ): 4.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2018-6797 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2018-6798 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2018-6913 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0

An update that solves four vulnerabilities and has one security fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for perl fixes the following issues:

These security issue were 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).
  • CVE-2018-6797: Fixed sharp-s regexp overflow (bsc#1082234).
  • CVE-2018-12015: The Archive::Tar module allowed remote attackers to bypass a directory-traversal protection mechanism and overwrite arbitrary files (bsc#1096718)

This non-security issue was fixed:

  • fix debugger crash in tab completion with Term::ReadLine::Gnu [bsc#1068565]

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:

  • SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0
    To install this update, use the SUSE CaaS Platform 'skuba' tool. It will inform you if it detects new updates and let you then trigger updating of the complete cluster in a controlled way.

Package List:

  • SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0 (x86_64)
    • perl-base-5.18.2-12.17.1
    • perl-debugsource-5.18.2-12.17.1
    • perl-debuginfo-5.18.2-12.17.1
    • perl-base-debuginfo-5.18.2-12.17.1
    • perl-5.18.2-12.17.1

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