glsa-201401-11.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201401-11">
  <title>Perl, Locale Maketext Perl module: Multiple vulnerabilities </title>
  <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Perl and
    Locale::Maketext Perl module, the worst of which could allow a
    context-dependent attacker to execute arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">perl</product>
  <announced>2014-01-19</announced>
  <revised count="1">2014-01-19</revised>
  <bug>384887</bug>
  <bug>448632</bug>
  <bug>460444</bug>
  <bug>483448</bug>
  <access>local, remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="dev-lang/perl" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">5.16.3</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">5.16.3</vulnerable>
    </package>
    <package name="perl-core/locale-maketext" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.230.0</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.230.0</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>Perl is Larry Wall’s Practical Extraction and Report Language.
      Locale::Maketext is a Perl module - framework for localization.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Perl and
      Locale::Maketext Perl module. Please review the CVE identifiers
      referenced below for details.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A context-dependent attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with
      the privileges of the process or cause a Denial of Service condition.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All Perl users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=dev-lang/perl-5.16.3"
    </code>
    
    <p>All Locale::Maketext users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
      "&gt;=perl-core/locale-maketext-1.230.0"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2728">CVE-2011-2728</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2939">CVE-2011-2939</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-5195">CVE-2012-5195
    </uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-1667">CVE-2013-1667</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2013-12-19T14:48:00Z">Zlogene</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2014-01-19T16:14:53Z">Zlogene</metadata>
</glsa>