| Name | CVE-2018-6913 |
| Description | Heap-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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1345-1, DSA-4172-1 |
| NVD severity | high (attack range: remote) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| perl (PTS) | jessie | 5.20.2-3+deb8u11 | fixed |
| jessie (security) | 5.20.2-3+deb8u12 | fixed | |
| stretch | 5.24.1-3+deb9u4 | fixed | |
| stretch (security) | 5.24.1-3+deb9u5 | fixed | |
| buster | 5.28.1-1 | fixed | |
| sid | 5.28.1-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| perl | source | (unstable) | 5.26.1-6 | high | ||
| perl | source | jessie | 5.20.2-3+deb8u10 | high | DSA-4172-1 | |
| perl | source | stretch | 5.24.1-3+deb9u3 | high | DSA-4172-1 | |
| perl | source | wheezy | 5.14.2-21+deb7u6 | high | DLA-1345-1 |
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