USN-3478-1

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3478-1

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3478-1.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-3478-1

Related

Published

2017-11-13T12:59:19.520903Z

Modified

2017-11-13T12:59:19.520903Z

Summary

perl vulnerabilities

Details

Jakub Wilk discovered that Perl incorrectly handled certain regular expressions. An attacker could use this issue to cause Perl to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-12837, CVE-2017-12883)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / perl

Package

Name: perl
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/perl?arch=src?distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

5.18.2-2ubuntu1.3

Affected versions

5.*

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

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "5.18.2-2ubuntu1.3",
            "binary_name": "libcgi-fast-perl"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.18.2-2ubuntu1.3",
            "binary_name": "libperl-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.18.2-2ubuntu1.3",
            "binary_name": "libperl5.18"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.18.2-2ubuntu1.3",
            "binary_name": "perl"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.18.2-2ubuntu1.3",
            "binary_name": "perl-base"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.18.2-2ubuntu1.3",
            "binary_name": "perl-debug"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.18.2-2ubuntu1.3",
            "binary_name": "perl-doc"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.18.2-2ubuntu1.3",
            "binary_name": "perl-modules"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / perl

Package

Name: perl
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/perl?arch=src?distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

5.22.1-9ubuntu0.2

Affected versions

5.*

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

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "5.22.1-9ubuntu0.2",
            "binary_name": "libperl-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.22.1-9ubuntu0.2",
            "binary_name": "libperl5.22"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.22.1-9ubuntu0.2",
            "binary_name": "perl"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.22.1-9ubuntu0.2",
            "binary_name": "perl-base"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.22.1-9ubuntu0.2",
            "binary_name": "perl-debug"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.22.1-9ubuntu0.2",
            "binary_name": "perl-doc"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.22.1-9ubuntu0.2",
            "binary_name": "perl-modules-5.22"
        }
    ]
}