CVE-2018-6913

NameCVE-2018-6913
DescriptionHeap-based buffer overflow in the pack function in Perl before 5.26.2 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large item count.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-1345-1, DSA-4172-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
perl (PTS)buster5.28.1-6+deb10u1fixed
bullseye5.32.1-4+deb11u3fixed
bullseye (security)5.32.1-4+deb11u1fixed
bookworm5.36.0-7+deb12u1fixed
trixie5.38.2-3fixed
sid5.38.2-3.2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
perlsourcewheezy5.14.2-21+deb7u6DLA-1345-1
perlsourcejessie5.20.2-3+deb8u10DSA-4172-1
perlsourcestretch5.24.1-3+deb9u3DSA-4172-1
perlsource(unstable)5.26.1-6

Notes

https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=131844
maint-5.26: https://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/0fcf83230df5f8c52602ae22fde57c7ea885534d
maint-5.24: https://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/a9d5c6e11891b48be06d4e06eeed18642bc98527

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