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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: 3684-1 Moderate: Perl Archive File Overwrite

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Calendar Grey June 13, 2018
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Uncover the June 2018 advisory for Ubuntu concerning perl weaknesses that permit file overwriting through specially crafted archive files.
Perl could be made to overwrite arbitrary files if it received a specially crafted archive file.

Summary

Perl could be made to overwrite arbitrary files if it received

a specially crafted archive file.

Software Description:

- perl: Practical Extraction and Report Language

Details:

It was discovered that Perl incorrectly handled certain archive files.

An attacker could possibly use this to overwrite arbitrary files.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate file overwrite perl ubuntu archive exploit

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  perl                            5.26.1-6ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 17.10:
  perl                            5.26.0-8ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  perl                            5.22.1-9ubuntu0.5

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  perl                            5.18.2-2ubuntu1.6

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3684-1

  CVE-2018-12015

June 13, 2018

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate file overwrite perl ubuntu archive exploit

Package Information

  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/perl/5.26.1-6ubuntu0.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/perl/5.26.0-8ubuntu1.2
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/perl/5.22.1-9ubuntu0.5
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/perl/5.18.2-2ubuntu1.6

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