Security update for perl

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2024:1630-1
Rating: important
References:
Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2017-6512 ( SUSE ): 5.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2017-6512 ( NVD ): 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2017-6512 ( NVD ): 5.9 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • 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 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • 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
  • CVE-2023-31484 ( SUSE ): 7.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2023-31484 ( NVD ): 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2

An update that solves four vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for perl fixes the following issues:

Security issues 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-2023-31484: Enabled TLS certificate verification in CPAN (bsc#1210999)
  • CVE-2017-6512: Fixed File::Path rmtree/remove_tree race condition (bsc#1047178)

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 Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP2-LTSS-2024-1630=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP2-LTSS-2024-1630=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP2-2024-1630=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • perl-base-5.26.1-150000.7.18.1
    • perl-debuginfo-5.26.1-150000.7.18.1
    • perl-5.26.1-150000.7.18.1
    • perl-base-debuginfo-5.26.1-150000.7.18.1
    • perl-debugsource-5.26.1-150000.7.18.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2 (noarch)
    • perl-doc-5.26.1-150000.7.18.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2 (x86_64)
    • perl-32bit-debuginfo-5.26.1-150000.7.18.1
    • perl-base-32bit-5.26.1-150000.7.18.1
    • perl-base-32bit-debuginfo-5.26.1-150000.7.18.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • perl-base-5.26.1-150000.7.18.1
    • perl-debuginfo-5.26.1-150000.7.18.1
    • perl-5.26.1-150000.7.18.1
    • perl-base-debuginfo-5.26.1-150000.7.18.1
    • perl-debugsource-5.26.1-150000.7.18.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2 (noarch)
    • perl-doc-5.26.1-150000.7.18.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2 (x86_64)
    • perl-32bit-debuginfo-5.26.1-150000.7.18.1
    • perl-base-32bit-5.26.1-150000.7.18.1
    • perl-base-32bit-debuginfo-5.26.1-150000.7.18.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • perl-base-5.26.1-150000.7.18.1
    • perl-debuginfo-5.26.1-150000.7.18.1
    • perl-5.26.1-150000.7.18.1
    • perl-base-debuginfo-5.26.1-150000.7.18.1
    • perl-debugsource-5.26.1-150000.7.18.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 (noarch)
    • perl-doc-5.26.1-150000.7.18.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 (x86_64)
    • perl-32bit-debuginfo-5.26.1-150000.7.18.1
    • perl-base-32bit-5.26.1-150000.7.18.1
    • perl-base-32bit-debuginfo-5.26.1-150000.7.18.1

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