CVE-2018-6798

High

Description

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability90. percentile3.9%
ProductPerl
PublishedApr 17, 2018
First seenApr 17, 2018

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
perl perl5.22 ≤ v ≤ 5.26—
debian debian_linux7.0, 8.0, 9.0—
canonical ubuntu_linux14.04, 16.04, 17.10—
redhat enterprise_linux_server6.0, 7.0, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5—
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation6.0, 7.0—

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