GLSA 201410-02: Perl, Perl Locale-Maketext module: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Perl, Perl Locale-Maketext module: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	10/12/2014
Bugs:	#446376
ID:	201410-02

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in the Perl Locale-Maketext module, allowing remote attackers to inject and execute arbitrary Perl code.

Background

Locale-Maketext - Perl framework for localization

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
perl-core/Locale-Maketext	< 1.230.0	>= 1.230.0	All supported architectures
dev-lang/perl	< 5.17.7	>= 5.17.7	All supported architectures

Description

Two vulnerabilities have been reported in the Locale-Maketext module for Perl, which can be exploited by malicious users to compromise an application using the module.

The vulnerabilities are caused due to the “_compile()” function not properly sanitising input, which can be exploited to inject and execute arbitrary Perl code.

Impact

A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All users of the Locale-Maketext module should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
      ">=perl-core/Locale-Maketext-1.230.0"

References

CVE-2012-6329

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201410-02.xml

Concerns?

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