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FreeBSD: p5-XSLoader -- local arbitrary code execution (CVE-2016-6185)

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FreeBSD: p5-XSLoader -- local arbitrary code execution (CVE-2016-6185)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/02/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/05/2016
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-p5-xsloader
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-perl
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-perl5

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