Alpine: miniperl, multiple perl packages: security update to 5.26.2-r0

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 424352

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities referenced in the following CVEs:

- An issue was discovered in Perl 5.18 through 5.26. A crafted regular expression can cause a heap-based
buffer overflow, with control over the bytes written. (CVE-2018-6797)

- 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. (CVE-2018-6798)

- Heap-based buffer overflow in the pack function in Perl before 5.26.2 allows context-dependent attackers
to execute arbitrary code via a large item count. (CVE-2018-6913)

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 424352

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 4/4/2025

Updated: 5/30/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-6913

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/14/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-6797, CVE-2018-6798, CVE-2018-6913

BID: 103953

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