MGASA-2016-0299

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Source
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0299.html
Import Source
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0299.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MGASA-2016-0299
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Published
2016-09-16T09:27:13Z
Modified
2016-09-08T22:29:43Z
Summary
Updated perl-XSLoader packages fix security vulnerability
Details

An arbitrary code execution can be achieved if loading code from untrusted current working directory despite the '.' is removed from @INC. Vulnerability is in XSLoader that uses caller() information to locate .so file to load. If malicious attacker creates directory named (eval 1) with malicious binary file in it, it will be loaded if the package calling XSLoader is in parent directory (CVE-2016-6185).

References
Credits

Affected packages

Mageia:5 / perl-XSLoader

Package

Name
perl-XSLoader
Purl
pkg:rpm/mageia/perl-XSLoader?distro=mageia-5

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.160.0-7.1.mga5

Ecosystem specific 

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