CVE-2016-6185

NameCVE-2016-6185
DescriptionThe 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-565-1, DSA-3628-1
Debian Bugs829578

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
perl (PTS)bullseye5.32.1-4+deb11u3fixed
bullseye (security)5.32.1-4+deb11u4fixed
bookworm5.36.0-7+deb12u3fixed
bookworm (security)5.36.0-7+deb12u2fixed
forky, sid, trixie5.40.1-6fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
perlsourcewheezy5.14.2-21+deb7u4DLA-565-1
perlsourcejessie5.20.2-3+deb8u6DSA-3628-1
perlsource(unstable)5.22.2-2829578
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