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ALT-PU-2017-2810-3

Package update perl in branch sisyphus

Version5.26.1-alt1
Task#196826
Published2026-10-14
Max severityCRITICAL
Severity:

Closed issues (2)

CVE-2018-6797
CRITICAL9.8

An issue was discovered in Perl 5.18 through 5.26. A crafted regular expression can cause a heap-based buffer overflow, with control over the bytes written.

Published: 2018-04-17Modified: 2026-06-16
CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS 3.xCRITICAL 9.8
CVSS:3.x/CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CVE-2018-6798
HIGH7.5

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.

Published: 2018-04-17Modified: 2026-06-16
CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CVSS 3.xHIGH 7.5
CVSS:3.x/CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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