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SUSE Linux Micro 5.5: 2024:1762-2 Important Buffer Fix for Perl

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Calendar Grey August 19, 2024
Dist Suse Esm H88
Essential enhancements for Perl within SUSE 5.5 targeting memory overflow and buffer vulnerabilities. Ensure your system's security with the most recent patches.
* bsc#1082216 * bsc#1082233 * bsc#1213638 Cross-References:

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) 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

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Topics Covered

security advisory bug fix important heap overflow perl buffer issue SUSE Linux Micro

References

* bsc#1082216

* bsc#1082233

* bsc#1213638

Cross-

* 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.

##

* 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

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory bug fix important heap overflow perl buffer issue SUSE Linux Micro

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