Perl before 5.26.3 and 5.28.x before 5.28.1 has a buffer overflow via a crafted regular expression that triggers invalid write operations.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade perl | Dec 7, 2018 | Dec 7, 2018 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade perl-ExtUtils-CBuilderUpgrade perl-Locale-Maketext-SimpleUpgrade perlUpgrade perl-coreUpgrade perl-Module-CoreListUpgrade perl-Package-ConstantsUpgrade perl-Time-PieceUpgrade perl-macrosUpgrade perl-debuginfoUpgrade perl-ExtUtils-EmbedUpgrade perl-Object-AccessorUpgrade perl-Pod-EscapesUpgrade perl-CPANUpgrade perl-libsUpgrade perl-develUpgrade perl-IO-ZlibUpgrade perl-ExtUtils-InstallUpgrade perl-Module-LoadedUpgrade perl-tests | Apr 27, 2020 | Dec 7, 2018 |
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade perl | Apr 1, 2019 | Nov 29, 2018 |
| Apple Osx Perl | — | Apply Apple macOS Security Update 2019-002 High Sierra | Mar 26, 2019 | Mar 25, 2019 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade perl-macrosUpgrade perl-Object-AccessorUpgrade perl-Pod-EscapesUpgrade perl-ExtUtils-CBuilderUpgrade perl-Time-PieceUpgrade perl-debuginfoUpgrade perl-Package-ConstantsUpgrade perl-Locale-Maketext-SimpleUpgrade perl-coreUpgrade perl-ExtUtils-EmbedUpgrade perlUpgrade perl-Module-LoadedUpgrade perl-CPANUpgrade perl-IO-ZlibUpgrade perl-develUpgrade perl-Module-CoreListUpgrade perl-libsUpgrade perl-testsUpgrade perl-ExtUtils-Install | Jan 25, 2019 | Nov 29, 2018 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade perl | Nov 30, 2018 | Nov 29, 2018 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade dev-lang/perl. | Sep 9, 2019 | Dec 7, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade perlUpgrade perl-coreUpgrade perl-macrosUpgrade perl-libsUpgrade perl-devel | Jul 23, 2019 | Dec 7, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | — | Upgrade perl-libsUpgrade perl-develUpgrade perl-macrosUpgrade perlUpgrade perl-core | Mar 27, 2019 | Dec 7, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5 | — | Upgrade perlUpgrade perl-coreUpgrade perl-libsUpgrade perl-macrosUpgrade perl-devel | Feb 15, 2019 | Dec 7, 2018 |
| Mcafee Web Gateway | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Web Gateway | Sep 23, 2026 | Dec 7, 2018 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade runtime/perl-522 to version 5.22.1.1-0.175.3.36.0.12.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade runtime/perl-522 to version 5.22.1.1-11.4.6.0.1.2.0 on Solaris 11.4 | Feb 20, 2019 | Dec 7, 2018 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade perl-Pod-EscapesUpgrade perl-libsUpgrade perl-Module-CoreListUpgrade perl-Module-LoadedUpgrade perl-testsUpgrade perl-ExtUtils-InstallUpgrade perl-ExtUtils-CBuilderUpgrade perl-CPANUpgrade perl-develUpgrade perl-macrosUpgrade perl-Package-ConstantsUpgrade perlUpgrade perl-IO-ZlibUpgrade perl-Time-PieceUpgrade perl-Locale-Maketext-SimpleUpgrade perl-ExtUtils-EmbedUpgrade perl-Object-AccessorUpgrade perl-core | Jan 22, 2019 | Nov 29, 2018 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade perl-Module-LoadedUpgrade perl-macrosUpgrade perl-Pod-EscapesUpgrade perl-Object-AccessorUpgrade perl-debuginfoUpgrade perl-Package-ConstantsUpgrade perl-ExtUtils-CBuilderUpgrade perl-Module-CoreListUpgrade perl-coreUpgrade perl-ExtUtils-EmbedUpgrade perlUpgrade perl-Time-PieceUpgrade perl-Locale-Maketext-SimpleUpgrade perl-ExtUtils-InstallUpgrade perl-IO-ZlibNo solution existsUpgrade perl-CPANUpgrade perl-develUpgrade perl-libsUpgrade perl-tests | Jan 22, 2019 | Dec 7, 2018 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade perl-docUpgrade perl-core-DB_FileUpgrade perl-32bitUpgrade perl-baseUpgrade perl-base-32bitUpgrade perl | Dec 23, 2018 | Nov 29, 2018 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade perl | Dec 7, 2018 | Nov 29, 2018 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Dec 7, 2018 |
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