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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201402-04
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: libwww-perl: Multiple vulnerabilities
     Date: February 04, 2014
     Bugs: #329943, #386309
       ID: 201402-04

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libwww-perl, the worst of
which could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Background
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libwww is a collection of Perl modules providing a consistent interface
to the World-Wide Web.

Affected packages
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     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
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  1  dev-perl/libwww-perl         < 6.30.0                  >= 6.30.0 

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libwww-perl. Please
review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
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A remote attacker could entice a user to download a specially-crafted
file with an application linked against libwww-perl, which could result
in overwritten files or arbitrary code execution by writing to a
dotfile in the user's home directory (such as .bashrc). Additionally, a
remote attacker could perform a Man-in-the-Middle attack.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All libwww-perl users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-perl/libwww-perl-6.30.0"

NOTE: This is a legacy GLSA. Updates for all affected architectures are
available since December 18, 2011. It is likely that your system is
already no longer affected by this issue.

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2010-2253
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-2253
[ 2 ] CVE-2011-0633
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-0633

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201402-04

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/