Vulnerability CVE-2018-6913
Published: 2018-04-17

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.

Type:

CWE-119

 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
PERL -> PERL 
Debian -> Debian linux 
Canonical -> Ubuntu linux 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103953
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040681
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00009.html
https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=131844
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-01
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-2/
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4172
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