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A series of security flaws discovered in Perl Locale-Maketext pose a risk for remote code execution and can lead to potential Denial of Service issues.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Perl Locale-Maketext module, allowing remote attackers to inject and execute arbitrary Perl code

Summary

Two vulnerabilities have been reported in 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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo remote code execution perl normal localization

Resolution

All users of the Perl Locale-Maketext module should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=perl-core/locale-maketext-1.230.0"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2012-6329 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-6329

Availability

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

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.

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo remote code execution perl normal localization

Synopsis

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

Background

Locale-Maketext - Perl framework for localization

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 perl-core/Locale-Maketext < 1.230.0 >= 1.230.0 2 dev-lang/perl < 5.17.7 >= 5.17.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 affected packages

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.