openSUSE 15.0: 2018:2011-1 Moderate: Perl Directory Traversal Risk
opensuse
July 20, 2018
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.
Description
This update for perl fixes the following issues:
- CVE-2018-12015: The Archive::Tar module allowed remote attackers to
bypass a directory-traversal protection mechanism and overwrite
arbitrary files (bsc#1096718)
This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.
Topics Covered
Patch
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 15.0:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2018-751=1
Package List
- openSUSE Leap 15.0 (i586 x86_64):
perl-5.26.1-lp150.6.3.1
perl-base-5.26.1-lp150.6.3.1
perl-base-debuginfo-5.26.1-lp150.6.3.1
perl-debuginfo-5.26.1-lp150.6.3.1
perl-debugsource-5.26.1-lp150.6.3.1
- openSUSE Leap 15.0 (noarch):
perl-doc-5.26.1-lp150.6.3.1
- openSUSE Leap 15.0 (x86_64):
perl-32bit-5.26.1-lp150.6.3.1
perl-32bit-debuginfo-5.26.1-lp150.6.3.1
perl-base-32bit-5.26.1-lp150.6.3.1
perl-base-32bit-debuginfo-5.26.1-lp150.6.3.1
References
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12015.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1096718
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2018:2011-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 15.0
Topics Covered
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