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DEBIAN-CVE-2016-6185

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 execut...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 perl

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.22.2-2"}]}]

Debian:13 perl

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.22.2-2"}]}]

Debian:14 perl

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.22.2-2"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org