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FKIE_CVE-2016-6185

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-08-02 14:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:50
Summary
The XSLoader::load method in XSLoader in Perl does not properly locate .so files when called in a string eval, which might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse library under the current working directory.
References
security@debian.orghttp://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/08e3451d7Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
security@debian.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3628Third Party Advisory
security@debian.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/07/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
security@debian.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/08/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
security@debian.orghttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.htmlThird Party Advisory
security@debian.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91685Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@debian.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036260Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@debian.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5RFDMASVZLFZYBB2GNTZXU6I76E4NA4V/
security@debian.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ITYZJXQH24X2F2LAOQEQAC5KXLYJTJ76/
security@debian.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PRIPTDA6XINBVEJXI2NGLKVEINBREHTN/
security@debian.orghttps://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=115808Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
security@debian.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-75Third Party Advisory
security@debian.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-1/Third Party Advisory
security@debian.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-2/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/08e3451d7Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3628Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/07/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/08/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91685Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036260Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5RFDMASVZLFZYBB2GNTZXU6I76E4NA4V/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ITYZJXQH24X2F2LAOQEQAC5KXLYJTJ76/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PRIPTDA6XINBVEJXI2NGLKVEINBREHTN/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=115808Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-75Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-1/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-2/Third Party Advisory

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