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SUSE: 2018:2447-1 Important: Perl Security Issues and Resolutions

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Calendar Grey August 20, 2018
Scroller Suse Esm H88
Urgent security patch released for SUSE's perl targeting various vulnerabilities with comprehensive setup guidance.
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: - SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0:

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow remote attack heap overflow perl SUSE space calculation

References

#1068565 #1082216 #1082233 #1082234 #1096718

Cross- CVE-2018-12015 CVE-2018-6797 CVE-2018-6798

CVE-2018-6913

Affected Products:

SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0

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-2018:2447-1
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow remote attack heap overflow perl SUSE space calculation

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