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SUSE: 2024:1630-1 important: perl heap overflow and TLS issues

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Calendar Grey May 14, 2024
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE Linux Enterprise has rolled out crucial patches to tackle multiple vulnerabilities in Perl, addressing significant issues like buffer overflows and validation flaws
* bsc#1047178 * bsc#1082216 * bsc#1082233 * bsc#1210999

Summary

## This update for perl fixes the following issues: Security issues 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-2023-31484: Enabled TLS certificate verification in CPAN (bsc#1210999) * CVE-2017-6512: Fixed File::Path rmtree/remove_tree race condition (bsc#1047178) ## Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE 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 High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP2-LTSS-2024-1630=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue important heap overflow perl SUSE security issues important update SUSE Linux Enterprise TLS verification

References

* bsc#1047178

* bsc#1082216

* bsc#1082233

* bsc#1210999

Cross-

* CVE-2017-6512

* CVE-2018-6798

* CVE-2018-6913

* CVE-2023-31484

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2017-6512 ( SUSE ): 5.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

* CVE-2017-6512 ( NVD ): 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

* CVE-2017-6512 ( NVD ): 5.9 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

* CVE-2018-6798 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

* CVE-2018-6913 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2018-6913 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2023-31484 ( SUSE ): 7.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

* CVE-2023-31484 ( NVD ): 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2024:1630-1
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue important heap overflow perl SUSE security issues important update SUSE Linux Enterprise TLS verification

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