[gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201401-11 ] Perl, Locale Maketext Perl module: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201401-11

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Severity: Normal

Title: Perl, Locale Maketext Perl module: Multiple vulnerabilities

Date: January 19, 2014

Bugs: #384887, #448632, #460444, #483448

ID: 201401-11

 

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Synopsis

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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Perl and Locale::Maketext

Perl module, the worst of which could allow a context-dependent

attacker to execute arbitrary code.

 

Background

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Perl is Larry Wall's Practical Extraction and Report Language.

Locale::Maketext is a Perl module - framework for localization.

 

Affected packages

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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected

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1 dev-lang/perl < 5.16.3 >= 5.16.3

2 perl-core/locale-maketext

< 1.230.0 >= 1.230.0

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2 affected packages

 

Description

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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Perl and

Locale::Maketext Perl module. Please review the CVE identifiers

referenced below for details.

 

Impact

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A context-dependent attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with

the privileges of the process or cause a Denial of Service condition.

 

Workaround

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There is no known workaround at this time.

 

Resolution

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All Perl users should upgrade to the latest version:

 

# emerge --sync

# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/perl-5.16.3"

 

All Locale::Maketext users should upgrade to the latest version:

 

# emerge --sync

# emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=perl-core/locale-maketext-1.230.0"

 

References

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[ 1 ] CVE-2011-2728

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2728

[ 2 ] CVE-2011-2939

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2939

[ 3 ] CVE-2012-5195

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-5195

[ 4 ] CVE-2013-1667

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-1667

 

Availability

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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at

the Gentoo Security Website:

 

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201401-11.xml

 

Concerns?

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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 ( -at -) gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at

https://bugs.gentoo.org.

 

License

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Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text

belongs to its owner(s).

 

The contents of this document are licensed under the

Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

 

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5