CVE-2016-6185

Description (CNA)

The XSLoader::load method in XSLoader in Perl does not properly locate .so files when called in a string eval, which might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse library under the current working directory.

Affected (CNA)

CWE

No CWE identifiers supplied.

References

• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PRIPTDA6XINBVEJXI2NGLKVEINBREHTN/
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-75
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-2/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ITYZJXQH24X2F2LAOQEQAC5KXLYJTJ76/
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036260
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3628
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
• http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/08e3451d7
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91685
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/07/1
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5RFDMASVZLFZYBB2GNTZXU6I76E4NA4V/
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/08/5
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-1/
• https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=115808

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