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Gentoo: GLSA-201701-75 Moderate: Perl Risks of Code Execution

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Calendar Grey January 30, 2017
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Investigate the security announcement GLSA 201701-75 issued by Gentoo, which outlines various vulnerabilities found in Perl.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Perl, the worst of which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Perl. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo arbitrary code Denial of Service Perl normal severity

Resolution

All Perl users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/perl-5.22.3_rc4"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2015-8607 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8607 [ 2 ] CVE-2015-8853 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8853 [ 3 ] CVE-2016-1238 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-1238 [ 4 ] CVE-2016-2381 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2381 [ 5 ] CVE-2016-6185 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-6185

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-75
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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: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: January 29, 2017
Bugs: #580612, #588592, #589680, #606750, #606752
ID: 201701-75

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo arbitrary code Denial of Service Perl normal severity

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Perl, the worst of which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Background

Perl is a highly capable, feature-rich programming language.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-lang/perl < 5.22.3_rc4 >= 5.22.3_rc4

Impact

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

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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