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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: perl security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:0109-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0109
Issue date: 2019-01-21
CVE Names: CVE-2018-18311
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1. Summary:
An update for perl is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
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 Client (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - noarch, ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x
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, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in
the References section.
Red Hat would like to thank the Perl project for reporting this issue.
Upstream acknowledges Jayakrishna Menon as the original reporter.
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 Client (v. 7):
Source:
perl-5.16.3-294.el7_6.src.rpm
noarch:
perl-CPAN-1.9800-294.el7_6.noarch.rpm
perl-ExtUtils-CBuilder-0.28.2.6-294.el7_6.noarch.rpm
perl-ExtUtils-Embed-1.30-294.el7_6.noarch.rpm
perl-ExtUtils-Install-1.58-294.el7_6.noarch.rpm
perl-IO-Zlib-1.10-294.el7_6.noarch.rpm
perl-Locale-Maketext-Simple-0.21-294.el7_6.noarch.rpm
perl-Module-CoreList-2.76.02-294.el7_6.noarch.rpm
perl-Module-Loaded-0.08-294.el7_6.noarch.rpm
perl-Object-Accessor-0.42-294.el7_6.noarch.rpm
perl-Package-Constants-0.02-294.el7_6.noarch.rpm
perl-Pod-Escapes-1.04-294.el7_6.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
perl-5.16.3-294.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
perl-Time-Piece-1.20.1-294.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
perl-core-5.16.3-294.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
perl-debuginfo-5.16.3-294.el7_6.i686.rpm
perl-debuginfo-5.16.3-294.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
perl-devel-5.16.3-294.el7_6.i686.rpm
perl-devel-5.16.3-294.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
perl-libs-5.16.3-294.el7_6.i686.rpm
perl-libs-5.16.3-294.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
perl-macros-5.16.3-294.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64:
perl-debuginfo-5.16.3-294.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
perl-tests-5.16.3-294.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):
Source:
perl-5.16.3-294.el7_6.src.rpm
noarch:
perl-CPAN-1.9800-294.el7_6.noarch.rpm
perl-ExtUtils-CBuilder-0.28.2.6-294.el7_6.noarch.rpm
perl-ExtUtils-Embed-1.30-294.el7_6.noarch.rpm
perl-ExtUtils-Install-1.58-294.el7_6.noarch.rpm
perl-IO-Zlib-1.10-294.el7_6.noarch.rpm
perl-Locale-Maketext-Simple-0.21-294.el7_6.noarch.rpm
perl-Module-CoreList-2.76.02-294.el7_6.noarch.rpm
perl-Module-Loaded-0.08-294.el7_6.noarch.rpm
perl-Object-Accessor-0.42-294.el7_6.noarch.rpm
perl-Package-Constants-0.02-294.el7_6.noarch.rpm
perl-Pod-Escapes-1.04-294.el7_6.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
perl-5.16.3-294.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
perl-Time-Piece-1.20.1-294.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
perl-core-5.16.3-294.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
perl-debuginfo-5.16.3-294.el7_6.i686.rpm
perl-debuginfo-5.16.3-294.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
perl-devel-5.16.3-294.el7_6.i686.rpm
perl-devel-5.16.3-294.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
perl-libs-5.16.3-294.el7_6.i686.rpm
perl-libs-5.16.3-294.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
perl-macros-5.16.3-294.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):
x86_64:
perl-debuginfo-5.16.3-294.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
perl-tests-5.16.3-294.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source:
perl-5.16.3-294.el7_6.src.rpm
noarch:
perl-CPAN-1.9800-294.el7_6.noarch.rpm
perl-ExtUtils-CBuilder-0.28.2.6-294.el7_6.noarch.rpm
perl-ExtUtils-Embed-1.30-294.el7_6.noarch.rpm
perl-ExtUtils-Install-1.58-294.el7_6.noarch.rpm
perl-IO-Zlib-1.10-294.el7_6.noarch.rpm
perl-Locale-Maketext-Simple-0.21-294.el7_6.noarch.rpm
perl-Module-CoreList-2.76.02-294.el7_6.noarch.rpm
perl-Module-Loaded-0.08-294.el7_6.noarch.rpm
perl-Object-Accessor-0.42-294.el7_6.noarch.rpm
perl-Package-Constants-0.02-294.el7_6.noarch.rpm
perl-Pod-Escapes-1.04-294.el7_6.noarch.rpm
ppc64:
perl-5.16.3-294.el7_6.ppc64.rpm
perl-Time-Piece-1.20.1-294.el7_6.ppc64.rpm
perl-core-5.16.3-294.el7_6.ppc64.rpm
perl-debuginfo-5.16.3-294.el7_6.ppc.rpm
perl-debuginfo-5.16.3-294.el7_6.ppc64.rpm
perl-devel-5.16.3-294.el7_6.ppc.rpm
perl-devel-5.16.3-294.el7_6.ppc64.rpm
perl-libs-5.16.3-294.el7_6.ppc.rpm
perl-libs-5.16.3-294.el7_6.ppc64.rpm
perl-macros-5.16.3-294.el7_6.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le:
perl-5.16.3-294.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm
perl-Time-Piece-1.20.1-294.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm
perl-core-5.16.3-294.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm
perl-debuginfo-5.16.3-294.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm
perl-devel-5.16.3-294.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm
perl-libs-5.16.3-294.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm
perl-macros-5.16.3-294.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
perl-5.16.3-294.el7_6.s390x.rpm
perl-Time-Piece-1.20.1-294.el7_6.s390x.rpm
perl-core-5.16.3-294.el7_6.s390x.rpm
perl-debuginfo-5.16.3-294.el7_6.s390.rpm
perl-debuginfo-5.16.3-294.el7_6.s390x.rpm
perl-devel-5.16.3-294.el7_6.s390.rpm
perl-devel-5.16.3-294.el7_6.s390x.rpm
perl-libs-5.16.3-294.el7_6.s390.rpm
perl-libs-5.16.3-294.el7_6.s390x.rpm
perl-macros-5.16.3-294.el7_6.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
perl-5.16.3-294.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
perl-Time-Piece-1.20.1-294.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
perl-core-5.16.3-294.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
perl-debuginfo-5.16.3-294.el7_6.i686.rpm
perl-debuginfo-5.16.3-294.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
perl-devel-5.16.3-294.el7_6.i686.rpm
perl-devel-5.16.3-294.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
perl-libs-5.16.3-294.el7_6.i686.rpm
perl-libs-5.16.3-294.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
perl-macros-5.16.3-294.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7):
Source:
perl-5.16.3-294.el7_6.src.rpm
aarch64:
perl-5.16.3-294.el7_6.aarch64.rpm
perl-Time-Piece-1.20.1-294.el7_6.aarch64.rpm
perl-core-5.16.3-294.el7_6.aarch64.rpm
perl-debuginfo-5.16.3-294.el7_6.aarch64.rpm
perl-devel-5.16.3-294.el7_6.aarch64.rpm
perl-libs-5.16.3-294.el7_6.aarch64.rpm
perl-macros-5.16.3-294.el7_6.aarch64.rpm
noarch:
perl-CPAN-1.9800-294.el7_6.noarch.rpm
perl-ExtUtils-CBuilder-0.28.2.6-294.el7_6.noarch.rpm
perl-ExtUtils-Embed-1.30-294.el7_6.noarch.rpm
perl-ExtUtils-Install-1.58-294.el7_6.noarch.rpm
perl-IO-Zlib-1.10-294.el7_6.noarch.rpm
perl-Locale-Maketext-Simple-0.21-294.el7_6.noarch.rpm
perl-Module-CoreList-2.76.02-294.el7_6.noarch.rpm
perl-Module-Loaded-0.08-294.el7_6.noarch.rpm
perl-Object-Accessor-0.42-294.el7_6.noarch.rpm
perl-Package-Constants-0.02-294.el7_6.noarch.rpm
perl-Pod-Escapes-1.04-294.el7_6.noarch.rpm
ppc64le:
perl-5.16.3-294.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm
perl-Time-Piece-1.20.1-294.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm
perl-core-5.16.3-294.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm
perl-debuginfo-5.16.3-294.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm
perl-devel-5.16.3-294.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm
perl-libs-5.16.3-294.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm
perl-macros-5.16.3-294.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
perl-5.16.3-294.el7_6.s390x.rpm
perl-Time-Piece-1.20.1-294.el7_6.s390x.rpm
perl-core-5.16.3-294.el7_6.s390x.rpm
perl-debuginfo-5.16.3-294.el7_6.s390.rpm
perl-debuginfo-5.16.3-294.el7_6.s390x.rpm
perl-devel-5.16.3-294.el7_6.s390.rpm
perl-devel-5.16.3-294.el7_6.s390x.rpm
perl-libs-5.16.3-294.el7_6.s390.rpm
perl-libs-5.16.3-294.el7_6.s390x.rpm
perl-macros-5.16.3-294.el7_6.s390x.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7):
ppc64:
perl-debuginfo-5.16.3-294.el7_6.ppc64.rpm
perl-tests-5.16.3-294.el7_6.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le:
perl-debuginfo-5.16.3-294.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm
perl-tests-5.16.3-294.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
perl-debuginfo-5.16.3-294.el7_6.s390x.rpm
perl-tests-5.16.3-294.el7_6.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
perl-debuginfo-5.16.3-294.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
perl-tests-5.16.3-294.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7):
aarch64:
perl-debuginfo-5.16.3-294.el7_6.aarch64.rpm
perl-tests-5.16.3-294.el7_6.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le:
perl-debuginfo-5.16.3-294.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm
perl-tests-5.16.3-294.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
perl-debuginfo-5.16.3-294.el7_6.s390x.rpm
perl-tests-5.16.3-294.el7_6.s390x.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):
Source:
perl-5.16.3-294.el7_6.src.rpm
noarch:
perl-CPAN-1.9800-294.el7_6.noarch.rpm
perl-ExtUtils-CBuilder-0.28.2.6-294.el7_6.noarch.rpm
perl-ExtUtils-Embed-1.30-294.el7_6.noarch.rpm
perl-ExtUtils-Install-1.58-294.el7_6.noarch.rpm
perl-IO-Zlib-1.10-294.el7_6.noarch.rpm
perl-Locale-Maketext-Simple-0.21-294.el7_6.noarch.rpm
perl-Module-CoreList-2.76.02-294.el7_6.noarch.rpm
perl-Module-Loaded-0.08-294.el7_6.noarch.rpm
perl-Object-Accessor-0.42-294.el7_6.noarch.rpm
perl-Package-Constants-0.02-294.el7_6.noarch.rpm
perl-Pod-Escapes-1.04-294.el7_6.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
perl-5.16.3-294.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
perl-Time-Piece-1.20.1-294.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
perl-core-5.16.3-294.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
perl-debuginfo-5.16.3-294.el7_6.i686.rpm
perl-debuginfo-5.16.3-294.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
perl-devel-5.16.3-294.el7_6.i686.rpm
perl-devel-5.16.3-294.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
perl-libs-5.16.3-294.el7_6.i686.rpm
perl-libs-5.16.3-294.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
perl-macros-5.16.3-294.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7):
x86_64:
perl-debuginfo-5.16.3-294.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
perl-tests-5.16.3-294.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
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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/
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