Perl, Locale Maketext Perl module: Multiple vulnerabilities

Background

Perl is Larry Wall’s Practical Extraction and Report Language. Locale::Maketext is a Perl module - framework for localization.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Perl and Locale::Maketext Perl module. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A context-dependent attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Perl users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/perl-5.16.3"

All Locale::Maketext users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
 ">=perl-core/locale-maketext-1.230.0"