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Critical
CVE-2018-18311
Perl before 5.26.3 and 5.28.x before 5.28.1 has a buffer...
Vulnerability Description
Perl before 5.26.3 and 5.28.x before 5.28.1 has a buffer overflow via a crafted regular expression that triggers invalid write operations.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00039.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4347
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106145
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042181
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0010
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3834-2/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RWQGEB543QN7SSBRKYJM6PSOC3RLYGSM/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0001
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0109
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3834-1/
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/42
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Mar/49
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1790
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1942
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2400
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-01
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT209600
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1646730
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190221-0003/
- https://metacpan.org/changes/release/SHAY/perl-5.26.3
- https://metacpan.org/changes/release/SHAY/perl-5.28.1
- https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133204
- https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/34716e2a6ee2af96078d62b065b7785c001194be
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10278
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Vulnerable Versions:
0, 5.28.0, 12.04, 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 18.10, 8.0, 9.0, 3.11, 6.0, 7.0, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 29, 7.7.2, 7.8.2, 8.0.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
December 7th, 2018
Last Modified:
August 5th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.