Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 7, 2018· Updated Aug 5, 2024
CVE-2018-12015
CVE-2018-12015
Description
In Perl through 5.26.2, the Archive::Tar module allows remote attackers to bypass a directory-traversal protection mechanism, and overwrite arbitrary files, via an archive file containing a symlink and a regular file with the same name.
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Affected products
20- Range: <=5.26.2
- osv-coords19 versionspkg:rpm/suse/perl&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%204pkg:rpm/suse/perl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/perl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015pkg:rpm/suse/perl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015pkg:rpm/suse/perl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Point%20of%20Sale%2011%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/perl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/perl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-TERADATApkg:rpm/suse/perl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/perl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/perl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/perl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/perl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/perl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/perl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/perl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/perl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/perl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/perl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/perl&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%207
< 5.18.2-12.14.1+ 18 more
- (no CPE)range: < 5.18.2-12.14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.18.2-12.14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.26.1-7.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.26.1-7.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.10.0-64.81.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.10.0-64.81.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.10.0-64.81.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.10.0-64.81.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.18.2-12.14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.18.2-12.14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.18.2-12.14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.18.2-12.14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.18.2-12.14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.10.0-64.81.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.18.2-12.14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.18.2-12.14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.18.2-12.14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.10.0-64.81.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.18.2-12.14.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
No source-code context for this CVE — mechanics is only generated when we can read the actual fix diff. Without that, the four sections (root cause, attack vector, affected code, fix) would be speculation rather than analysis.
References
12- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2097mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- usn.ubuntu.com/3684-1/mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- usn.ubuntu.com/3684-2/mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4226mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Mar/49mitremailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/104423mitrevdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1041048mitrevdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgimitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
- seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/42mitremailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180927-0001/mitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
- support.apple.com/kb/HT209600mitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.htmlmitrex_refsource_MISC
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