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SUSE: CVE-2016-6185: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2016-6185: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/02/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/06/2016
Modified
02/04/2022

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)

  • suse-upgrade-perl
  • suse-upgrade-perl-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-perl-base
  • suse-upgrade-perl-base-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-perl-doc
  • suse-upgrade-perl-module-build
  • suse-upgrade-perl-test-simple
  • suse-upgrade-perl-x86
  • suse-upgrade-sles12-docker-image
  • suse-upgrade-sles12sp1-docker-image

References

  • SUSE-SU-2016:2246-1
  • SUSE-SU-2016:2263-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:2699-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:2700-1
  • DLA-565-1
  • DSA-3628
  • USN-3625-1
  • USN-3625-2
  • CVE-2016-6185
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