Ubuntu alert USN-3625-2 (perl)
| From: | "Leonidas S. Barbosa" <leo.barbosa@canonical.com> | |
| To: | ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com | |
| Subject: | [USN-3625-2] Perl vulnerabilities | |
| Date: | Tue, 17 Apr 2018 18:12:39 -0300 | |
| Message-ID: | <1523999559.6987.5.camel@canonical.com> |
========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3625-2 April 17, 2018 perl vulnerabilities ========================================================================== 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-3625-1 fixed a vulnerability in Perl. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM. Original advisory 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. (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. (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. (CVE-2017-6512) 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) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 12.04 ESM: perl 5.14.2-6ubuntu2.7 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3625-2 https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3625-1 CVE-2015-8853, CVE-2016-6185, CVE-2017-6512, CVE-2018-6913-- ubuntu-security-announce mailing list ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-security...