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CVE-2016-6185
Published: Aug 2, 2016
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
FEDORA-2016-eb2592245b
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
GLSA-201701-75
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
USN-3625-2
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
FEDORA-2016-485dff6060
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
1036260
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
DSA-3628
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/08e3451d7
x_refsource_CONFIRM
91685
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
[oss-security] 20160707 CVE Request: perl: XSLoader: could load shared library from incorrect location
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
FEDORA-2016-742bde2be7
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
[oss-security] 20160708 Re: CVE Request: perl: XSLoader: could load shared library from incorrect location
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
USN-3625-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=115808
x_refsource_CONFIRM
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