CVE-2012-6329

Summary

CVECVE-2012-6329
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-01-04 21:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe _compile function in Maketext.pm in the Locale::Maketext implementation in Perl before 5.17.7 does not properly handle backslashes and fully qualified method names during compilation of bracket notation, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via crafted input to an application that accepts translation strings from users, as demonstrated by the TWiki application before 5.1.3, and the Foswiki application 1.0.x through 1.0.10 and 1.1.x through 1.1.6.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-94 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Perl Perl 5.10 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.10.0 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.10.0 rc1 All All
Application Perl Perl 5.10.0 rc2 All All
Application Perl Perl 5.10.1 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.10.1 rc1 All All
Application Perl Perl 5.10.1 rc2 All All
Application Perl Perl 5.11.0 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.11.1 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.11.2 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.11.3 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.11.4 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.11.5 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.12.0 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.12.0 rc0 All All
Application Perl Perl 5.12.0 rc1 All All
Application Perl Perl 5.12.0 rc2 All All
Application Perl Perl 5.12.0 rc3 All All
Application Perl Perl 5.12.0 rc4 All All
Application Perl Perl 5.12.0 rc5 All All
Application Perl Perl 5.12.1 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.12.1 rc1 All All
Application Perl Perl 5.12.1 rc2 All All
Application Perl Perl 5.12.2 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.12.2 rc1 All All
Application Perl Perl 5.12.3 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.12.3 rc1 All All
Application Perl Perl 5.12.3 rc2 All All
Application Perl Perl 5.12.3 rc3 All All
Application Perl Perl 5.13.0 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.13.1 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.13.10 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.13.11 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.13.2 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.13.3 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.13.4 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.13.5 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.13.6 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.13.7 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.13.8 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.13.9 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.14.0 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.14.0 rc1 All All
Application Perl Perl 5.14.0 rc2 All All
Application Perl Perl 5.14.0 rc3 All All
Application Perl Perl 5.14.1 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.14.2 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.14.3 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.16.0 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.16.1 All All All
Application Perl Perl All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityAlert-CVE-2012-6329 < Codev < TWiki af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 twiki.org
TWiki and Foswiki 'MAKETEXT' Variable Multiple Security Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Oracle VM Server for x86 Bulletin - July 2016 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
Re: security notice: Locale::Maketext « perl5-porters « ActiveState List Archives af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 code.activestate.com
#695224 - perl-modules: Locale::Maketext code injection - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org
Bug 884354 – CVE-2012-6329 perl: possible arbitrary code execution via Locale::Maketext af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
perl5.git.perl.org Git - perl.git/commit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 perl5.git.perl.org Patch
security notice: Locale::Maketext « perl5-porters « ActiveState List Archives af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 code.activestate.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2013:113 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
perl5.git.perl.org Git af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 perl5.git.perl.org
Foswiki / Mailing Lists af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net
oss-security - Re: CVE request: perl-modules af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
USN-2099-1: Perl vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Juniper Networks - 2015-10 Security Bulletin: CTPView: Multiple Vulnerabilities in CTPView af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kb.juniper.net
2016-04 Security Bulletin: CTP Series: Multiple vulnerabilities in CTP Series - Juniper Networks af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kb.juniper.net
Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0032 - Mageia wiki af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.mageia.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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