critical
CVE-2018-18311
perl: Integer overflow leading to buffer overflow in Perl_my_setenv()
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.
Severity by source
NVD9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat8.1CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD, Photon OS. Rated lower by Red Hat (high), Amazon (high), Oracle (high), Ubuntu (medium).
Description
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.
Affected packages and fixed versions
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Photon OS 1.0 | perl | 5.24.1-3.ph1 |
| Photon OS 2.0 | perl | 5.24.1-7.ph2 |
| Photon OS 3.0 | perl | 5.28.0-3.ph3 |
| alpine 3.10 | perl | 5.26.3-r0 |
| alpine 3.11 | perl | 5.26.3-r0 |
| alpine 3.12 | perl | 5.26.3-r0 |
| alpine 3.13 | perl | 5.26.3-r0 |
| alpine 3.14 | perl | 5.26.3-r0 |
| alpine 3.15 | perl | 5.26.3-r0 |
| alpine 3.16 | perl | 5.26.3-r0 |
| alpine 3.17 | perl | 5.26.3-r0 |
| alpine 3.18 | perl | 5.26.3-r0 |
Show all 143 entries from 43 sources
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Photon OS 1.0 | perl | 5.24.1-3.ph1 |
| Photon OS 2.0 | perl | 5.24.1-7.ph2 |
| Photon OS 3.0 | perl | 5.28.0-3.ph3 |
| alpine 3.10 | perl | 5.26.3-r0 |
| alpine 3.11 | perl | 5.26.3-r0 |
| alpine 3.12 | perl | 5.26.3-r0 |
| alpine 3.13 | perl | 5.26.3-r0 |
| alpine 3.14 | perl | 5.26.3-r0 |
| alpine 3.15 | perl | 5.26.3-r0 |
| alpine 3.16 | perl | 5.26.3-r0 |
| alpine 3.17 | perl | 5.26.3-r0 |
| alpine 3.18 | perl | 5.26.3-r0 |
| alpine 3.19 | perl | 5.26.3-r0 |
| alpine 3.20 | perl | 5.26.3-r0 |
| alpine 3.21 | perl | 5.26.3-r0 |
| alpine 3.22 | perl | 5.26.3-r0 |
| alpine 3.23 | perl | 5.26.3-r0 |
| alpine 3.24 | perl | 5.26.3-r0 |
| alpine 3.6 | perl | 5.24.4-r2 |
| alpine 3.7 | perl | 5.26.3-r0 |
| alpine 3.8 | perl | 5.26.3-r0 |
| alpine 3.9 | perl | 5.26.3-r0 |
| alpine edge | perl | 5.26.3-r0 |
| amazon linux 1 | perl | 4:5.16.3-294.43.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | perl-CPAN | 1.9800-294.43.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | perl-ExtUtils-CBuilder | 1:0.28.2.6-294.43.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | perl-ExtUtils-Embed | 1.30-294.43.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | perl-ExtUtils-Install | 1.58-294.43.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | perl-IO-Zlib | 1:1.10-294.43.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | perl-Locale-Maketext-Simple | 1:0.21-294.43.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | perl-Module-CoreList | 1:2.76.02-294.43.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | perl-Module-Loaded | 1:0.08-294.43.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | perl-Object-Accessor | 1:0.42-294.43.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | perl-Package-Constants | 1:0.02-294.43.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | perl-Pod-Escapes | 1:1.04-294.43.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | perl-Time-Piece | 1.20.1-294.43.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | perl-core | 5.16.3-294.43.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | perl-debuginfo | 4:5.16.3-294.43.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | perl-devel | 4:5.16.3-294.43.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | perl-libs | 4:5.16.3-294.43.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | perl-macros | 4:5.16.3-294.43.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | perl-tests | 4:5.16.3-294.43.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 2 | perl | 4:5.16.3-294.amzn2 |
| amazon linux 2 | perl-CPAN | 1.9800-294.amzn2 |
| amazon linux 2 | perl-ExtUtils-CBuilder | 1:0.28.2.6-294.amzn2 |
| amazon linux 2 | perl-ExtUtils-Embed | 1.30-294.amzn2 |
| amazon linux 2 | perl-ExtUtils-Install | 1.58-294.amzn2 |
| amazon linux 2 | perl-IO-Zlib | 1:1.10-294.amzn2 |
| amazon linux 2 | perl-Locale-Maketext-Simple | 1:0.21-294.amzn2 |
| amazon linux 2 | perl-Module-CoreList | 1:2.76.02-294.amzn2 |
| amazon linux 2 | perl-Module-Loaded | 1:0.08-294.amzn2 |
| amazon linux 2 | perl-Object-Accessor | 1:0.42-294.amzn2 |
| amazon linux 2 | perl-Package-Constants | 1:0.02-294.amzn2 |
| amazon linux 2 | perl-Pod-Escapes | 1:1.04-294.amzn2 |
| amazon linux 2 | perl-Time-Piece | 1.20.1-294.amzn2 |
| amazon linux 2 | perl-core | 5.16.3-294.amzn2 |
| amazon linux 2 | perl-debuginfo | 4:5.16.3-294.amzn2 |
| amazon linux 2 | perl-devel | 4:5.16.3-294.amzn2 |
| amazon linux 2 | perl-libs | 4:5.16.3-294.amzn2 |
| amazon linux 2 | perl-macros | 4:5.16.3-294.amzn2 |
| amazon linux 2 | perl-tests | 4:5.16.3-294.amzn2 |
| debian 11 | perl | 5.28.1-1 |
| debian 12 | perl | 5.28.1-1 |
| debian 13 | perl | 5.28.1-1 |
| debian 14 | perl | 5.28.1-1 |
| debian 8 | perl | 5.20.2-3+deb8u12 |
| debian 9 | perl | 5.24.1-3+deb9u5 |
| echo | perl | 5.28.1-1 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | perl | 4:5.16.3-294.el7_6 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | perl-CPAN | 1.9800-294.el7_6 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | perl-ExtUtils-CBuilder | 1:0.28.2.6-294.el7_6 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | perl-ExtUtils-Embed | 1.30-294.el7_6 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | perl-ExtUtils-Install | 1.58-294.el7_6 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | perl-IO-Zlib | 1:1.10-294.el7_6 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | perl-Locale-Maketext-Simple | 1:0.21-294.el7_6 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | perl-Module-CoreList | 1:2.76.02-294.el7_6 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | perl-Module-Loaded | 1:0.08-294.el7_6 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | perl-Object-Accessor | 1:0.42-294.el7_6 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | perl-Package-Constants | 1:0.02-294.el7_6 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | perl-Pod-Escapes | 1:1.04-294.el7_6 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | perl-Time-Piece | 1.20.1-294.el7_6 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | perl-core | 5.16.3-294.el7_6 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | perl-devel | 4:5.16.3-294.el7_6 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | perl-libs | 4:5.16.3-294.el7_6 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | perl-macros | 4:5.16.3-294.el7_6 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | perl-tests | 4:5.16.3-294.el7_6 |
| Red Hat | perl | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | perl-Archive-Extract | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | perl-Archive-Tar | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | perl-CGI | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | perl-CPAN | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | perl-CPANPLUS | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | perl-Compress-Raw-Bzip2 | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | perl-Compress-Zlib | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | perl-Digest-SHA | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | perl-ExtUtils-CBuilder | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | perl-ExtUtils-Embed | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | perl-ExtUtils-ParseXS | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | perl-File-Fetch | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | perl-IO-Compress-Base | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | perl-IO-Compress-Bzip2 | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | perl-IO-Compress-Zlib | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | perl-IO-Zlib | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | perl-IPC-Cmd | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | perl-Locale-Maketext-Simple | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | perl-Log-Message | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | perl-Log-Message-Simple | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | perl-Module-Build | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | perl-Module-CoreList | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | perl-Module-Load | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | perl-Module-Load-Conditional | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | perl-Module-Loaded | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | perl-Module-Pluggable | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | perl-Object-Accessor | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | perl-Package-Constants | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | perl-Params-Check | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | perl-Parse-CPAN-Meta | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | perl-Pod-Escapes | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | perl-Pod-Simple | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | perl-Term-UI | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | perl-Test-Harness | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | perl-Test-Simple | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | perl-Time-HiRes | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | perl-Time-Piece | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | perl-core | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | perl-devel | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | perl-libs | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | perl-parent | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | perl-suidperl | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | perl-version | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | redhat-virtualization-host-image-update | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | rhvm-appliance | no fix listed |
| root.io debian 11 | rootio-perl | 5.28.1-1 |
| root.io debian 12 | rootio-perl | 5.28.1-1 |
| ubuntu 14.04 | perl | 5.18.2-2ubuntu1.7 |
| ubuntu 14.04-ESM | perl | 5.18.2-2ubuntu1.7 |
| ubuntu 16.04 | perl | 5.22.1-9ubuntu0.6 |
| ubuntu 16.04-ESM | perl | 5.22.1-9ubuntu0.6 |
| ubuntu 18.04 | perl | 5.26.1-6ubuntu0.3 |
| ubuntu 18.04-ESM | perl | 5.26.1-6ubuntu0.3 |
| ubuntu 18.10 | perl | 5.26.2-7ubuntu0.1 |
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Mar/49
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106145
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042181
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0001
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0010
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0109
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1790
All 35 references
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1942
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2400
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-18311
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1646730
- https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/34716e2a6ee2af96078d62b065b7785c001194be
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10278
- https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2018-18311.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2019-0109.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00039.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RWQGEB543QN7SSBRKYJM6PSOC3RLYGSM/
- https://metacpan.org/changes/release/SHAY/perl-5.26.3
- https://metacpan.org/changes/release/SHAY/perl-5.28.1
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18311
- https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133204
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/42
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-01
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190221-0003/
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT209600
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3834-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3834-2
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3834-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3834-2/
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-18311
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4347
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html