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Posted on 16 July 2019
RedHat===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: perl security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:1790-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1790
Issue date: 2019-07-16
CVE Names: CVE-2018-18311
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1. Summary:
An update for perl is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5
Extended Update Support.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,
which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability
from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.5) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.5) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.5) - noarch, ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 7.5) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
3. Description:
Perl is a high-level programming language that is commonly used for system
administration utilities and web programming.
Security Fix(es):
* perl: Integer overflow leading to buffer overflow in Perl_my_setenv()
(CVE-2018-18311)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page(s) listed in the References section.
4. Solution:
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
1646730 - CVE-2018-18311 perl: Integer overflow leading to buffer overflow in Perl_my_setenv()
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.5):
Source:
perl-5.16.3-292.el7_5.1.src.rpm
noarch:
perl-CPAN-1.9800-292.el7_5.1.noarch.rpm
perl-ExtUtils-CBuilder-0.28.2.6-292.el7_5.1.noarch.rpm
perl-ExtUtils-Embed-1.30-292.el7_5.1.noarch.rpm
perl-ExtUtils-Install-1.58-292.el7_5.1.noarch.rpm
perl-IO-Zlib-1.10-292.el7_5.1.noarch.rpm
perl-Locale-Maketext-Simple-0.21-292.el7_5.1.noarch.rpm
perl-Module-CoreList-2.76.02-292.el7_5.1.noarch.rpm
perl-Module-Loaded-0.08-292.el7_5.1.noarch.rpm
perl-Object-Accessor-0.42-292.el7_5.1.noarch.rpm
perl-Package-Constants-0.02-292.el7_5.1.noarch.rpm
perl-Pod-Escapes-1.04-292.el7_5.1.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
perl-5.16.3-292.el7_5.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Time-Piece-1.20.1-292.el7_5.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-core-5.16.3-292.el7_5.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-debuginfo-5.16.3-292.el7_5.1.i686.rpm
perl-debuginfo-5.16.3-292.el7_5.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-devel-5.16.3-292.el7_5.1.i686.rpm
perl-devel-5.16.3-292.el7_5.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-libs-5.16.3-292.el7_5.1.i686.rpm
perl-libs-5.16.3-292.el7_5.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-macros-5.16.3-292.el7_5.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.5):
x86_64:
perl-debuginfo-5.16.3-292.el7_5.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-tests-5.16.3-292.el7_5.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.5):
Source:
perl-5.16.3-292.el7_5.1.src.rpm
noarch:
perl-CPAN-1.9800-292.el7_5.1.noarch.rpm
perl-ExtUtils-CBuilder-0.28.2.6-292.el7_5.1.noarch.rpm
perl-ExtUtils-Embed-1.30-292.el7_5.1.noarch.rpm
perl-ExtUtils-Install-1.58-292.el7_5.1.noarch.rpm
perl-IO-Zlib-1.10-292.el7_5.1.noarch.rpm
perl-Locale-Maketext-Simple-0.21-292.el7_5.1.noarch.rpm
perl-Module-CoreList-2.76.02-292.el7_5.1.noarch.rpm
perl-Module-Loaded-0.08-292.el7_5.1.noarch.rpm
perl-Object-Accessor-0.42-292.el7_5.1.noarch.rpm
perl-Package-Constants-0.02-292.el7_5.1.noarch.rpm
perl-Pod-Escapes-1.04-292.el7_5.1.noarch.rpm
ppc64:
perl-5.16.3-292.el7_5.1.ppc64.rpm
perl-Time-Piece-1.20.1-292.el7_5.1.ppc64.rpm
perl-core-5.16.3-292.el7_5.1.ppc64.rpm
perl-debuginfo-5.16.3-292.el7_5.1.ppc.rpm
perl-debuginfo-5.16.3-292.el7_5.1.ppc64.rpm
perl-devel-5.16.3-292.el7_5.1.ppc.rpm
perl-devel-5.16.3-292.el7_5.1.ppc64.rpm
perl-libs-5.16.3-292.el7_5.1.ppc.rpm
perl-libs-5.16.3-292.el7_5.1.ppc64.rpm
perl-macros-5.16.3-292.el7_5.1.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le:
perl-5.16.3-292.el7_5.1.ppc64le.rpm
perl-Time-Piece-1.20.1-292.el7_5.1.ppc64le.rpm
perl-core-5.16.3-292.el7_5.1.ppc64le.rpm
perl-debuginfo-5.16.3-292.el7_5.1.ppc64le.rpm
perl-devel-5.16.3-292.el7_5.1.ppc64le.rpm
perl-libs-5.16.3-292.el7_5.1.ppc64le.rpm
perl-macros-5.16.3-292.el7_5.1.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
perl-5.16.3-292.el7_5.1.s390x.rpm
perl-Time-Piece-1.20.1-292.el7_5.1.s390x.rpm
perl-core-5.16.3-292.el7_5.1.s390x.rpm
perl-debuginfo-5.16.3-292.el7_5.1.s390.rpm
perl-debuginfo-5.16.3-292.el7_5.1.s390x.rpm
perl-devel-5.16.3-292.el7_5.1.s390.rpm
perl-devel-5.16.3-292.el7_5.1.s390x.rpm
perl-libs-5.16.3-292.el7_5.1.s390.rpm
perl-libs-5.16.3-292.el7_5.1.s390x.rpm
perl-macros-5.16.3-292.el7_5.1.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
perl-5.16.3-292.el7_5.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Time-Piece-1.20.1-292.el7_5.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-core-5.16.3-292.el7_5.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-debuginfo-5.16.3-292.el7_5.1.i686.rpm
perl-debuginfo-5.16.3-292.el7_5.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-devel-5.16.3-292.el7_5.1.i686.rpm
perl-devel-5.16.3-292.el7_5.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-libs-5.16.3-292.el7_5.1.i686.rpm
perl-libs-5.16.3-292.el7_5.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-macros-5.16.3-292.el7_5.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 7.5):
ppc64:
perl-debuginfo-5.16.3-292.el7_5.1.ppc64.rpm
perl-tests-5.16.3-292.el7_5.1.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le:
perl-debuginfo-5.16.3-292.el7_5.1.ppc64le.rpm
perl-tests-5.16.3-292.el7_5.1.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
perl-debuginfo-5.16.3-292.el7_5.1.s390x.rpm
perl-tests-5.16.3-292.el7_5.1.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
perl-debuginfo-5.16.3-292.el7_5.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-tests-5.16.3-292.el7_5.1.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
7. References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-18311
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2019 Red Hat, Inc.
