Security update for perl

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2024:1762-2
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • 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
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5

An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has one security fix 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)

Non-security issue fixed:

  • make Net::FTP work with TLS 1.3 (bsc#1213638)

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 Micro 5.5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2024-1762=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • perl-5.26.1-150300.17.17.1
    • perl-debuginfo-5.26.1-150300.17.17.1
    • perl-debugsource-5.26.1-150300.17.17.1
    • perl-base-5.26.1-150300.17.17.1
    • perl-base-debuginfo-5.26.1-150300.17.17.1

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