CVE-2018-18311

Summary

CVECVE-2018-18311
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-12-07 21:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:55:00 UTC
DescriptionPerl 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787 | CWE-190

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple Mac Os X All All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X All All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 29 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 29 All All All
Application Mcafee Web Gateway All All All All
Application Mcafee Web Gateway All All All All
Application Netapp E-series Santricity Os Controller - All All All
Application Netapp E-series Santricity Os Controller - All All All
Application Netapp Snapcenter - All All All
Application Netapp Snapcenter - All All All
Application Netapp Snapdriver - All All All
Application Netapp Snapdriver - All All All
Application Netapp Snap Creator Framework - All All All
Application Netapp Snap Creator Framework - All All All
Application Perl Perl All All All All
Application Perl Perl All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.5 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.5 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Application Redhat Openshift Container Platform 3.11 All All All
Application Redhat Openshift Container Platform 3.11 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
McAfee Security Bulletin - Web Gateway update fixes four third-party vulnerabilities (CVE-2018-18311, CVE-2018-5742, CVE-2019-9169, and CVE-2019-6454) CONFIRM kc.mcafee.com Third Party Advisory
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-2019-3-25-2 macOS Mojave 10.14.4, Security Update 2019-002 High Sierra, Security Update 2019-002 Sierra FULLDISC seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2020 MISC www.oracle.com
Perl: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201909-01) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4347-1 perl DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
perldelta - what is new for perl v5.28.1 - metacpan.org CONFIRM metacpan.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: perl-5.28.1-425.fc29 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
December 2018 PERL Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com Third Party Advisory
About the security content of macOS Mojave 10.14.4, Security Update 2019-002 High Sierra, Security Update 2019-002 Sierra - Apple Support CONFIRM support.apple.com Third Party Advisory
Perl Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
perldelta - what is new for perl v5.26.3 - metacpan.org CONFIRM metacpan.org Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1601-1] perl security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update - July 2019 MISC www.oracle.com
Bugtraq: APPLE-SA-2019-3-25-2 macOS Mojave 10.14.4, Security Update 2019-002 High Sierra, Security Update 2019-002 Sierra BUGTRAQ seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
USN-3834-2: Perl vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: perl-5.28.1-425.fc29 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Product, Release Notes
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
[CVE-2018-18311] Integer overflow leading to buffer overflow · Issue #16560 · Perl/perl5 · GitHub CONFIRM rt.perl.org Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2020 N/A www.oracle.com
Perl_my_setenv(); handle integer wrap · Perl/perl5@34716e2 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Perl Function Integer/Heap Overflows Let Local Users Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information or Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code in Certain Cases - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
USN-3834-1: Perl vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
1646730 – (CVE-2018-18311) CVE-2018-18311 perl: Integer overflow leading to buffer overflow in Perl_my_setenv() CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 296091 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 6.1.4 Missing (CPUJAN2019)
  • 376914 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for perl (ALINUX2-SA-2019:0006)
  • 500525 Alpine Linux Security Update for perl
  • 504286 Alpine Linux Security Update for perl
  • 710131 Gentoo Linux Perl Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201909-01)
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