<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="201410-02"> <title>Perl, Perl Locale-Maketext module: Multiple vulnerabilities</title> <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in the Perl Locale-Maketext module, allowing remote attackers to inject and execute arbitrary Perl code. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">Locale-Maketext</product> <announced>2014-10-12</announced> <revised count="2">2014-12-29</revised> <bug>446376</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="perl-core/Locale-Maketext" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">1.230.0</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">1.230.0</vulnerable> </package> <package name="dev-lang/perl" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">5.17.7</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">5.17.7</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p>Locale-Maketext - Perl framework for localization</p> </background> <description> <p>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. </p> <p>The vulnerabilities are caused due to the “_compile()” function not properly sanitising input, which can be exploited to inject and execute arbitrary Perl code. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p>A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, or cause a Denial of Service condition. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> </workaround> <resolution> <p>All users of the Locale-Maketext module should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=perl-core/Locale-Maketext-1.230.0" </code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-6329">CVE-2012-6329</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2013-01-01T20:38:14Z">ackle</metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2014-12-29T20:02:06Z"> pinkbyte </metadata> </glsa>