openSUSE Security Update : perl (openSUSE-2018-400)

High Nessus Plugin ID 109385

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for perl fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

 - CVE-2018-6913: Fixed space calculation issues in pp_pack.c (bsc#1082216).

 - CVE-2018-6798: Fixed heap buffer overflow in regexec.c (bsc#1082233).

 - CVE-2018-6797: Fixed sharp-s regexp overflow (bsc#1082234).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected perl packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1082216

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1082233

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1082234

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 109385

File Name: openSUSE-2018-400.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2018/04/27

Modified: 2018/05/23

Dependencies: 12634

Risk Information

Risk Factor: High

CVSSv2

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:perl, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:perl-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:perl-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:perl-base-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:perl-base-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:perl-base-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:perl-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:perl-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:perl-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 2018/04/26

Reference Information

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