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From: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201909-01 ] Perl: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2019 16:14:19
Message-Id: 1a5ad07c-45a8-03fb-7616-0eb0cc1eb84b@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201909-01
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: Perl: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: September 06, 2019
10 Bugs: #653432, #670190
11 ID: 201909-01
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Perl, the worst of which
19 could result in the arbitrary execution of code.
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21 Background
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24 Perl is a highly capable, feature-rich programming language.
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26 Affected packages
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30 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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32 1 dev-lang/perl < 5.28.2 >= 5.28.2
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34 Description
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37 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Perl. Please review
38 the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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40 Impact
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43 Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
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45 Workaround
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48 There is no known workaround at this time.
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50 Resolution
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53 All Perl users should upgrade to the latest version:
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55 # emerge --sync
56 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/perl-5.28.2"
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58 References
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61 [ 1 ] CVE-2018-18311
62 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18311
63 [ 2 ] CVE-2018-18312
64 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18312
65 [ 3 ] CVE-2018-18313
66 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18313
67 [ 4 ] CVE-2018-18314
68 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18314
69 [ 5 ] CVE-2018-6797
70 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6797
71 [ 6 ] CVE-2018-6798
72 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6798
73 [ 7 ] CVE-2018-6913
74 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6913
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76 Availability
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79 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
80 the Gentoo Security Website:
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82 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-01
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84 Concerns?
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87 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
88 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
89 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
90 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
91 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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93 License
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96 Copyright 2019 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
97 belongs to its owner(s).
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99 The contents of this document are licensed under the
100 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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102 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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