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Critical
CVE-2018-18313
Perl before 5.26.3 has a buffer over-read via a crafted...
Vulnerability Description
Perl before 5.26.3 has a buffer over-read via a crafted regular expression that triggers disclosure of sensitive information from process memory.
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://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4347
- 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://usn.ubuntu.com/3834-1/
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/42
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Mar/49
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-01
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT209600
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190221-0003/
- https://metacpan.org/changes/release/SHAY/perl-5.26.3
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1646738
- https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133192
- https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/43b2f4ef399e2fd7240b4eeb0658686ad95f8e62
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
perl, ubuntu linux, debian linux, enterprise linux, e-series santricity os controller, snap creator framework, snapcenter, snapdrive, mac os x
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 12.04, 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 18.10, 9.0, 6.0, 7.0, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 11.0
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:N/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.