CVE-2018-6913

It was found that the pack() function in the 32-bit version of the perl interpreter was vulnerable to heap buffer overflow via the packing template. An attacker, able to provide a specially crafted template, could use this flaw to crash the interpreter.

The 64-bit versions of perl have not been found to be affected. As a result, this issue did not affect the versions of perl as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, and the versions of rh-perl526-perl, rh-perl524-perl and rh-perl520-perl as shipped with Red Hat Software Collections.

This issue affects the 32bit versions of perl as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 is now in Maintenance Support 2 Phase of the support and maintenance life cycle. This has been rated as having a security impact of Low, and is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/.

This issue may affect the versions of perl as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is now in Extended Life Cycle phase of the support and maintenance life cycle. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/.

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.