USN-3625-1

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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@5.18.2-2ubuntu1.4?arch=source&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_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",
            "binary_version": "5.18.2-2ubuntu1.4"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / perl

Package

Name: perl
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/perl@5.22.1-9ubuntu0.3?arch=source&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_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",
            "binary_version": "5.22.1-9ubuntu0.3"
        }
    ]
}