SUSE: 2018:1972-2 Important: Perl Buffer Overflow and Exploit Fix
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October 18, 2018
An update that solves four vulnerabilities and has one errata is now available
Summary
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:
Topics Covered
References
#1068565 #1082216 #1082233 #1082234 #1096718
Cross- CVE-2018-12015 CVE-2018-6797 CVE-2018-6798
CVE-2018-6913
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL
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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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:1972-2
Rating: important
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