CVE-2016-6185

Summary

CVECVE-2016-6185
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-08-02 14:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:33:00 UTC
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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 17.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 17.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 22 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 23 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 24 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 22 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 23 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 24 All All All
Operating System Oracle Solaris 10 All All All
Operating System Oracle Solaris 11.3 All All All
Operating System Oracle Solaris 10 All All All
Operating System Oracle Solaris 11.3 All All All
Application Perl Perl All All All All
Application Perl Perl All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: perl-5.22.2-353.fc23 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: perl-5.22.2-353.fc23 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Bug #115808 for List-MoreUtils: Tries to load code from cwd CONFIRM rt.cpan.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: perl-5.20.3-332.fc22 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3628-1 perl DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Perl: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-75) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
USN-3625-1: Perl vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: perl-5.20.3-332.fc22 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 24 Update: perl-5.22.2-361.fc24 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
USN-3625-2: Perl vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Perl CVE-2016-6185 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Perl XSLoader Relative Path Error Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[SECURITY] Fedora 24 Update: perl-5.22.2-361.fc24 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
oss-security - CVE Request: perl: XSLoader: could load shared library from incorrect location MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: perl: XSLoader: could load shared library from incorrect location MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Oracle Solaris Bulletin - July 2016 CONFIRM www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
Perl 5 - perl.git/commitdiff CONFIRM perl5.git.perl.org Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710392 Gentoo Linux Perl Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-75)
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