1.168.0

Notably, this release addresses:

USN-3478-1 Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3478-1:

• CVE-2017-12837: Heap-based buffer overflow in the S_regatom function in regcomp.c in Perl 5 before 5.24.3-RC1 and 5.26.x before 5.26.1-RC1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a regular expression with a '\N{}' escape and the case-insensitive modifier.
• CVE-2017-12883: Buffer overflow in the S_grok_bslash_N function in regcomp.c in Perl 5 before 5.24.3-RC1 and 5.26.x before 5.26.1-RC1 allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted regular expression with an invalid '\N{U+...}' escape.

-ii  perl         5.18.2-2ubuntu1.1  amd64 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction and Report Language
-ii  perl-base    5.18.2-2ubuntu1.1  amd64 minimal Perl system
-ii  perl-modules 5.18.2-2ubuntu1.1  all   Core Perl modules
+ii  perl         5.18.2-2ubuntu1.3  amd64 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction and Report Language
+ii  perl-base    5.18.2-2ubuntu1.3  amd64 minimal Perl system
+ii  perl-modules 5.18.2-2ubuntu1.3  all   Core Perl modules