metadata/glsa/glsa-201111-09.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201111-09">
  <title>Perl Safe module: Arbitrary Perl code injection</title>
  <synopsis>The Safe module for Perl does not properly restrict code, allowing
    a remote attacker to execute arbitrary Perl code outside of a restricted
    compartment.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">Safe</product>
  <announced>November 20, 2011</announced>
  <revised>November 20, 2011: 1</revised>
  <bug>325563</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="perl-core/Safe" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">2.27</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">2.27</vulnerable>
    </package>
    <package name="virtual/perl-Safe" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">2.27</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">2.27</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>Safe is a Perl module to compile and execute code in restricted
      compartments.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>Unsafe code evaluation prevents the Safe module from properly
      restricting the code of implicitly called methods on implicitly blessed
      objects.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A remote attacker could entice a user to load a specially crafted Perl
      script, resulting in execution arbitrary Perl code outside of a
      restricted compartment.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All users of the standalone Perl Safe module should upgrade to the
      latest version:
    </p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=perl-core/Safe-2.27"
    </code>
    
    <p>All users of the Safe module bundled with Perl should upgrade to the
      latest version:
    </p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=virtual/perl-Safe-2.27"
    </code>
    
    <p>NOTE: This is a legacy GLSA. Updates for all affected architectures are
      available since July 18, 2010. It is likely that your system is already
      no longer affected by this issue.
    </p>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-1168">CVE-2010-1168</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata timestamp="Fri, 07 Oct 2011 23:37:03 +0000" tag="requester">
    underling
  </metadata>
  <metadata timestamp="Sun, 20 Nov 2011 17:56:51 +0000" tag="submitter">ackle</metadata>
</glsa>