Perl, Perl Locale-Maketext module: Multiple vulnerabilities

Perl, Perl Locale-Maketext module: Multiple vulnerabilities Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in the Perl Locale-Maketext module, allowing remote attackers to inject and execute arbitrary Perl code. Locale-Maketext October 12, 2014 December 29, 2014: 2 446376 remote 1.230.0 1.230.0 5.17.7 5.17.7

Locale-Maketext - Perl framework for localization

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.

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

There is no known workaround at this time.

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"

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