usn-3625-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2018-04-16 12:47
Modified
2026-04-22 07:36
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
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"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "low",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2018-6797",
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"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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{
"id": "CVE-2018-6798",
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"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
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"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
}
],
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"availability": "No subscription required",
"binaries": [
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"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"
},
{
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]
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"package": {
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"name": "perl",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/perl@5.22.1-9ubuntu0.3?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
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"5.22.1-3",
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"5.22.1-5",
"5.22.1-7",
"5.22.1-8",
"5.22.1-9",
"5.22.1-9ubuntu0.2"
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],
"aliases": [],
"details": "It was discovered that Perl incorrectly handled certain regular\nexpressions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Perl to\nhang, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu\n14.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-8853)\n\nIt was discovered that Perl incorrectly loaded libraries from the current\nworking directory. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to\nexecute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and\nUbuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-6185)\n\nIt was discovered that Perl incorrectly handled the rmtree and remove_tree\nfunctions. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to set the mode\non arbitrary files. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu\n16.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-6512)\n\nBrian Carpenter discovered that Perl incorrectly handled certain regular\nexpressions. An attacker could use this issue to cause Perl to crash,\nresulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This\nissue has only been addressed in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 17.10.\n(CVE-2018-6797)\n\nNguyen Duc Manh discovered that Perl incorrectly handled certain regular\nexpressions. An attacker could use this issue to cause Perl to crash,\nresulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS\nand Ubuntu 17.10. (CVE-2018-6798)\n\nGwanYeong Kim discovered that Perl incorrectly handled certain data when\nusing the pack function. An attacker could use this issue to cause Perl to\ncrash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary\ncode. (CVE-2018-6913)\n",
"id": "USN-3625-1",
"modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:35Z",
"published": "2018-04-16T12:47:44Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3625-1"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8853"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6185"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6512"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-6797"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-6798"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-6913"
}
],
"related": [],
"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"summary": "perl vulnerabilities",
"upstream": [
"UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8853",
"UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6185",
"UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6512",
"UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6797",
"UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6798",
"UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6913"
]
}
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