{"id":"USN-3625-1","summary":"perl vulnerabilities","details":"It was discovered that Perl incorrectly handled certain regular\nexpressions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Perl to\nhang, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu\n14.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-8853)\n\nIt was discovered that Perl incorrectly loaded libraries from the current\nworking directory. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to\nexecute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and\nUbuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-6185)\n\nIt was discovered that Perl incorrectly handled the rmtree and remove_tree\nfunctions. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to set the mode\non arbitrary files. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu\n16.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-6512)\n\nBrian Carpenter discovered that Perl incorrectly handled certain regular\nexpressions. An attacker could use this issue to cause Perl to crash,\nresulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This\nissue has only been addressed in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 17.10.\n(CVE-2018-6797)\n\nNguyen Duc Manh discovered that Perl incorrectly handled certain regular\nexpressions. An attacker could use this issue to cause Perl to crash,\nresulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS\nand Ubuntu 17.10. (CVE-2018-6798)\n\nGwanYeong Kim discovered that Perl incorrectly handled certain data when\nusing the pack function. An attacker could use this issue to cause Perl to\ncrash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary\ncode. (CVE-2018-6913)\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:41:19Z","published":"2018-04-16T12:47:44Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8853","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6185","UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6512","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6797","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6798","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6913"],"upstream":["CVE-2015-8853","CVE-2016-6185","CVE-2017-6512","CVE-2018-6797","CVE-2018-6798","CVE-2018-6913","UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8853","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6185","UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6512","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6797","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6798","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6913"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3625-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8853"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6185"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6512"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-6797"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-6798"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-6913"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"perl","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/perl@5.18.2-2ubuntu1.4?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.18.2-2ubuntu1.4"}]}],"versions":["5.14.2-21build1","5.18.1-4","5.18.1-4build1","5.18.1-5","5.18.2-2","5.18.2-2ubuntu1","5.18.2-2ubuntu1.1","5.18.2-2ubuntu1.3"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"libcgi-fast-perl","binary_version":"5.18.2-2ubuntu1.4"},{"binary_name":"libperl-dev","binary_version":"5.18.2-2ubuntu1.4"},{"binary_name":"libperl5.18","binary_version":"5.18.2-2ubuntu1.4"},{"binary_name":"perl","binary_version":"5.18.2-2ubuntu1.4"},{"binary_name":"perl-base","binary_version":"5.18.2-2ubuntu1.4"},{"binary_name":"perl-debug","binary_version":"5.18.2-2ubuntu1.4"},{"binary_name":"perl-modules","binary_version":"5.18.2-2ubuntu1.4"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3625-1.json","cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","cves":[{"id":"CVE-2015-8853","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"low","type":"Ubuntu"}]},{"id":"CVE-2016-6185","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"low","type":"Ubuntu"}]},{"id":"CVE-2017-6512","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"low","type":"Ubuntu"}]},{"id":"CVE-2018-6913","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]}]}}},{"package":{"name":"perl","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/perl@5.22.1-9ubuntu0.3?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.22.1-9ubuntu0.3"}]}],"versions":["5.20.2-6","5.22.1-3","5.22.1-4","5.22.1-5","5.22.1-7","5.22.1-8","5.22.1-9","5.22.1-9ubuntu0.2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"libperl-dev","binary_version":"5.22.1-9ubuntu0.3"},{"binary_name":"libperl5.22","binary_version":"5.22.1-9ubuntu0.3"},{"binary_name":"perl","binary_version":"5.22.1-9ubuntu0.3"},{"binary_name":"perl-base","binary_version":"5.22.1-9ubuntu0.3"},{"binary_name":"perl-debug","binary_version":"5.22.1-9ubuntu0.3"},{"binary_name":"perl-modules-5.22","binary_version":"5.22.1-9ubuntu0.3"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3625-1.json","cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","cves":[{"id":"CVE-2016-6185","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"low","type":"Ubuntu"}]},{"id":"CVE-2017-6512","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"low","type":"Ubuntu"}]},{"id":"CVE-2018-6797","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]},{"id":"CVE-2018-6798","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]},{"id":"CVE-2018-6913","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]}]}}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}