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From: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201701-75 ] Perl: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2017 23:46:08
Message-Id: dd6ca9e0-2863-d373-cd33-6cb38e55df1b@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201701-75
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: Perl: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: January 29, 2017
10 Bugs: #580612, #588592, #589680, #606750, #606752
11 ID: 201701-75
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Perl, the worst of which
19 could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
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21 Background
22 ==========
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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 < 5.22.3_rc4 >= 5.22.3_rc4
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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 A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the
44 privileges of the process, cause a Denial of Service condition, or
45 escalate privileges.
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47 Workaround
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50 There is no known workaround at this time.
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52 Resolution
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55 All Perl users should upgrade to the latest version:
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57 # emerge --sync
58 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/perl-5.22.3_rc4"
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60 References
61 ==========
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63 [ 1 ] CVE-2015-8607
64 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8607
65 [ 2 ] CVE-2015-8853
66 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8853
67 [ 3 ] CVE-2016-1238
68 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-1238
69 [ 4 ] CVE-2016-2381
70 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2381
71 [ 5 ] CVE-2016-6185
72 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-6185
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74 Availability
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77 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
78 the Gentoo Security Website:
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80 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-75
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82 Concerns?
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85 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
86 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
87 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
88 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
89 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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91 License
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94 Copyright 2017 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
95 belongs to its owner(s).
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97 The contents of this document are licensed under the
98 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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100 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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