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Published:

04 December 2018

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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

                               ESB-2018.3749
                  Perl vulnerabilities patched in Ubuntu
                              4 December 2018

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:           perl
Publisher:         Ubuntu
Operating System:  Ubuntu
Impact/Access:     Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Unknown/Unspecified
                   Denial of Service               -- Unknown/Unspecified
Resolution:        Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names:         CVE-2018-18314 CVE-2018-18313 CVE-2018-18312
                   CVE-2018-18311  

Reference:         ESB-2018.3718

Original Bulletin: 
   http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3834-1
   http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3834-2

Comment: This bulletin contains two (2) Ubuntu security advisories.

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3834-1
December 03, 2018

perl vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- - Ubuntu 18.10
- - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in Perl.

Software Description:
- - perl: Practical Extraction and Report Language

Details:

Jayakrishna Menon discovered that Perl incorrectly handled Perl_my_setenv.
An attacker could use this issue to cause Perl to crash, resulting in a
denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-18311)

Eiichi Tsukata 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 only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 18.10.
(CVE-2018-18312)

Eiichi Tsukata 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. (CVE-2018-18313)

Jakub Wilk 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, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 18.10. (CVE-2018-18314)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 18.10:
  perl                            5.26.2-7ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  perl                            5.26.1-6ubuntu0.3

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  perl                            5.22.1-9ubuntu0.6

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  perl                            5.18.2-2ubuntu1.7

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3834-1
  CVE-2018-18311, CVE-2018-18312, CVE-2018-18313, CVE-2018-18314

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/perl/5.26.2-7ubuntu0.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/perl/5.26.1-6ubuntu0.3
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/perl/5.22.1-9ubuntu0.6
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/perl/5.18.2-2ubuntu1.7

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3834-2
December 03, 2018

perl vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- - Ubuntu 12.04 ESM

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in Perl.

Software Description:
- - perl: Practical Extraction and Report Language

Details:

USN-3834-1 fixed a vulnerability in perl. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

  Jayakrishna Menon discovered that Perl incorrectly handled
  Perl_my_setenv. An attacker could use this issue to cause Perl to
  crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
  code. (CVE-2018-18311)

  Eiichi Tsukata 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. (CVE-2018-18313)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 12.04 ESM:
   perl                                                        5.14.2-6ubuntu2.9

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.

References:
   https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3834-2
   https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3834-1
   CVE-2018-18311, CVE-2018-18313

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