SUSE Security Update: Security update for perl
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2018:1972-2
Rating:             important
References:         #1068565 #1082216 #1082233 #1082234 #1096718 
                    
Cross-References:   CVE-2018-12015 CVE-2018-6797 CVE-2018-6798
                    CVE-2018-6913
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL
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   An update that solves four vulnerabilities and has one
   errata is now available.

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 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:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-BCL-2018-1328=1



Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL (noarch):

      perl-doc-5.18.2-12.14.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL (x86_64):

      perl-32bit-5.18.2-12.14.1
      perl-5.18.2-12.14.1
      perl-base-5.18.2-12.14.1
      perl-base-debuginfo-5.18.2-12.14.1
      perl-debuginfo-32bit-5.18.2-12.14.1
      perl-debuginfo-5.18.2-12.14.1
      perl-debugsource-5.18.2-12.14.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12015.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6797.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6798.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6913.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1068565
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1082216
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1082233
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1082234
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1096718

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