Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting perl package, versions <5.14.2-16


0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity Mature
    EPSS 59.22% (98th percentile)
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NVD
7.3 high
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Red Hat
5.6 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN8-PERL-327755
  • published 4 Jan 2013
  • disclosed 4 Jan 2013

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 perl to version 5.14.2-16 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perl package and not the perl package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

The _compile function in Maketext.pm in the Locale::Maketext implementation in Perl before 5.17.7 does not properly handle backslashes and fully qualified method names during compilation of bracket notation, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via crafted input to an application that accepts translation strings from users, as demonstrated by the TWiki application before 5.1.3, and the Foswiki application 1.0.x through 1.0.10 and 1.1.x through 1.1.6.