Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2018.0241
Category:	Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:	Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2018-0241)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'perl' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2018-0241 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'perl' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2018-0241 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: 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 Software/OS: 'perl' package(s) on Mageia 6. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 7.5 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2018-6797 https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=132227 Debian Security Information: DSA-4172 (Google Search) https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4172 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-01 https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2018:1192 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1192 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040681 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042004 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-1/ Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2018-6798 https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=132063 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2018-6913 BugTraq ID: 103953 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103953 https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=131844 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00009.html https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-2/
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