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CVE-2018-18311

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Vulnerability Database › CVE-2018-18311

Critical

CVE-2018-18311

Perl before 5.26.3 and 5.28.x before 5.28.1 has a buffer overflow via a crafted regular expression that triggers invalid write operations.

VectorNETWORK

PublishedDec 07, 2018, 21:29

Published Bycve@mitre.org

Base Score

Score9.8

Affected Versions

No affected versions found.

References

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Mar/49
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106145
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042181
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0001
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0010
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0109
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1790
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1942
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2400
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1646730
https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/34716e2a6ee2af96078d62b065b7785c001194be
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10278
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00039.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RWQGEB543QN7SSBRKYJM6PSOC3RLYGSM/
https://metacpan.org/changes/release/SHAY/perl-5.26.3
https://metacpan.org/changes/release/SHAY/perl-5.28.1
https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133204
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/42
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-01
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190221-0003/
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT209600
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3834-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3834-2/
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4347
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html

Weakness Type

CWE-190

CVSS Metrics

Base Score

9.8

Vector String

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

Base SeverityCritical

Version

3.0

Attack Vector (AV)

NETWORK