CVE-2018-12015
perl - security update
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 23.9%
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.
How to fix CVE-2018-12015
To remediate CVE-2018-12015, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/perl—upgrade to 5.26.2-r1 or later
- —upgrade to 5.26.2-6 or later
- —upgrade to 5.20.2-3+deb8u11 or later
Is CVE-2018-12015 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 23.9%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 5.26.2-r1
- from 0, < 5.26.2-6
- from 0, < 5.20.2-3+deb8u11
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |