# Security update for perl

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2024:1762-2  
Rating: important  
References:

  * bsc#1082216
  * bsc#1082233
  * bsc#1213638

  
Cross-References:

  * CVE-2018-6798
  * CVE-2018-6913

  
CVSS scores:

  * 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

  
Affected Products:

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5

  
  
An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has one security fix can now be
installed.

## Description:

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)

Non-security issue fixed:

  * make Net::FTP work with TLS 1.3 (bsc#1213638)

## 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 Micro 5.5  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2024-1762=1

## Package List:

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    * perl-5.26.1-150300.17.17.1
    * perl-debuginfo-5.26.1-150300.17.17.1
    * perl-debugsource-5.26.1-150300.17.17.1
    * perl-base-5.26.1-150300.17.17.1
    * perl-base-debuginfo-5.26.1-150300.17.17.1

## References:

  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6798.html
  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6913.html
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1082216
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1082233
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213638