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High
CVE-2018-6798
An issue was discovered in Perl 5.22 through 5.26. Matching...
Vulnerability Description
An issue was discovered in Perl 5.22 through 5.26. Matching a crafted locale dependent regular expression can cause a heap-based buffer over-read and potentially information disclosure.
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://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1192
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040681
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4172
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-01
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
- https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=132063
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
debian linux, perl, ubuntu linux, enterprise linux server, enterprise linux workstation
Vulnerable Versions:
7.0, 8.0, 9.0, 5.22, 14.04, 16.04, 17.10, 6.0, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5
Timeline
Official Publish:
April 17th, 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:N
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.