CVE-2018-6798
Published: August 31, 2023Last modified: July 22, 2025
Description
An issue was discovered in Perl 5.22 through 5.26. Matching a crafted locale dependent regular expression can cause a heap-based buffer over-read and potentially information disclosure.
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 7.5 |
| Attack Vector | NETWORK |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | NONE |
| User interaction | NONE |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | HIGH |
| Integrity impact | NONE |
| Availability impact | NONE |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | perl | Not affected (5.36.0-r2) |
| Stream | perl | Not affected (5.38.0-r0) | |
| Hardened Containers | 23 LTS | perl | Not affected (5.36.0-r2) |
| Stream | perl | Not affected (5.38.0-r0) |
References
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040681
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1192
- https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=132063
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-01
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4172
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html