vulnerability

Ubuntu: (CVE-2016-1238): libsys-syslog-perl vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Aug 2, 2016
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Apr 14, 2025

Description

It was discovered that several perl modules improperly handle . (period) characters at the end of the includes directory array. A local attacker could possibly use this to perform a Trojan Horse module attack.

Solution

ubuntu-upgrade-libsys-syslog-perl
Title
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