USN-3625-1

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3625-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3625-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-3625-1
Related
Published
2018-04-16T12:47:44.064056Z
Modified
2018-04-16T12:47:44.064056Z
Summary
perl vulnerabilities
Details

It was discovered that Perl incorrectly handled certain regular expressions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Perl to hang, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-8853)

It was discovered that Perl incorrectly loaded libraries from the current working directory. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-6185)

It was discovered that Perl incorrectly handled the rmtree and remove_tree functions. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to set the mode on arbitrary files. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-6512)

Brian Carpenter discovered that Perl incorrectly handled certain regular expressions. An attacker could use this issue to cause Perl to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue has only been addressed in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 17.10. (CVE-2018-6797)

Nguyen Duc Manh discovered that Perl incorrectly handled certain regular expressions. An attacker could use this issue to cause Perl to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 17.10. (CVE-2018-6798)

GwanYeong Kim discovered that Perl incorrectly handled certain data when using the pack function. An attacker could use this issue to cause Perl to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-6913)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / perl

Package

Name
perl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/perl?arch=src?distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.18.2-2ubuntu1.4

Affected versions

5.*

5.14.2-21build1
5.18.1-4
5.18.1-4build1
5.18.1-5
5.18.2-2
5.18.2-2ubuntu1
5.18.2-2ubuntu1.1
5.18.2-2ubuntu1.3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "5.18.2-2ubuntu1.4",
            "binary_name": "libcgi-fast-perl"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.18.2-2ubuntu1.4",
            "binary_name": "libperl-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.18.2-2ubuntu1.4",
            "binary_name": "libperl5.18"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.18.2-2ubuntu1.4",
            "binary_name": "perl"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.18.2-2ubuntu1.4",
            "binary_name": "perl-base"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.18.2-2ubuntu1.4",
            "binary_name": "perl-debug"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.18.2-2ubuntu1.4",
            "binary_name": "perl-doc"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.18.2-2ubuntu1.4",
            "binary_name": "perl-modules"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / perl

Package

Name
perl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/perl?arch=src?distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.22.1-9ubuntu0.3

Affected versions

5.*

5.20.2-6
5.22.1-3
5.22.1-4
5.22.1-5
5.22.1-7
5.22.1-8
5.22.1-9
5.22.1-9ubuntu0.2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "5.22.1-9ubuntu0.3",
            "binary_name": "libperl-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.22.1-9ubuntu0.3",
            "binary_name": "libperl5.22"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.22.1-9ubuntu0.3",
            "binary_name": "perl"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.22.1-9ubuntu0.3",
            "binary_name": "perl-base"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.22.1-9ubuntu0.3",
            "binary_name": "perl-debug"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.22.1-9ubuntu0.3",
            "binary_name": "perl-doc"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.22.1-9ubuntu0.3",
            "binary_name": "perl-modules-5.22"
        }
    ]
}