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SUSE: 2018:1992-1 Moderate: Directory Traversal Threat in Perl

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Calendar Grey July 19, 2018
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Revise SUSE Security for perl remedies moderate vulnerabilities related to path traversal, fortifying system stability and safeguarding.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

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). 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 Software Development Kit 11-SP4: zypper in -t patch sdksp4-perl-13695=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4: zypper in -t patch slessp4-perl-13695=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3-LTSS: zypper in -t patch slessp3-perl-13695=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3: zypper in -t patch sleposp3-perl-13695=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate update remote exploit directory traversal perl SUSE

References

#1096718

Cross- CVE-2018-12015

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3

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

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1096718

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:1992-1
Rating: moderate

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