openSUSE Security Update: Security update for perl
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Announcement ID:    openSUSE-SU-2018:2010-1
Rating:             important
References:         #1068565 #1096718 
Cross-References:   CVE-2018-12015
Affected Products:
                    openSUSE Leap 42.3
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   An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata
   is now available.

Description:

   This update for perl fixes the following issues:

   This security issue was fixed:

   - 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]

   This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.


Patch Instructions:

   To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
   like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - openSUSE Leap 42.3:

      zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2018-750=1



Package List:

   - openSUSE Leap 42.3 (i586 x86_64):

      perl-5.18.2-15.2
      perl-base-5.18.2-15.2
      perl-base-debuginfo-5.18.2-15.2
      perl-debuginfo-5.18.2-15.2
      perl-debugsource-5.18.2-15.2

   - openSUSE Leap 42.3 (x86_64):

      perl-32bit-5.18.2-15.2
      perl-base-32bit-5.18.2-15.2
      perl-base-debuginfo-32bit-5.18.2-15.2
      perl-debuginfo-32bit-5.18.2-15.2

   - openSUSE Leap 42.3 (noarch):

      perl-doc-5.18.2-15.2


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12015.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1068565
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1096718

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