CVE-2018-18313

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2018-18313  

Perl before 5.26.3 has a buffer over-read via a crafted regular expression that triggers disclosure of sensitive information from process memory.

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Perl before 5.26.3 has a buffer over-read via a crafted regular expression that triggers disclosure of sensitive information from process memory.

Find out more about CVE-2018-18313 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

CVSS3 Base Score 6.5
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (rh-perl524-perl) RHSA-2019:0010 2019-01-02
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (rh-perl526-perl) RHSA-2019:0001 2019-01-02
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (rh-perl524-perl) RHSA-2019:0010 2019-01-02

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3 perl Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perl Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perl Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 perl Not affected

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank the Perl project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Eiichi Tsukata as the original reporter.