CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
88.9%
Perl is Larry Wall’s Practical Extraction and Report Language. Locale::Maketext is a Perl module - framework for localization.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Perl and Locale::Maketext Perl module. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
A context-dependent attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or cause a Denial of Service condition.
There is no known workaround at this time.
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"
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gentoo | any | all | dev-lang/perl | < 5.16.3 | UNKNOWN |
Gentoo | any | all | perl-core/locale-maketext | < 1.230.0 | UNKNOWN |