MGASA-2018-0241
Advisory lineage Upstream: 3 Downstream: 0
Published: 16 May 2018, 08:24
Last modified:16 Apr 2026, 06:23
Vulnerability Summary
Overall Risk (default)
minimal
0/100 CVSS Score
No data
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected
Timeline
16 May 2018, 08:24
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
16 Apr 2026, 06:23
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated
Description
Updated perl packages fix security vulnerabilities Brian Carpenter reported that a crafted regular expression could cause a heap buffer write overflow, with control over the bytes written (CVE-2018-6797). Nguyen Duc Manh reported that matching a crafted locale dependent regular expression can cause a heap-based buffer over-read and potentially information disclosure (CVE-2018-6798). GwanYeong Kim reported that 'pack()' could cause a heap buffer write overflow with a large item count (CVE-2018-6913).
Affected Systems
- mageia•perl
< 5.22.3-3.2.mga6