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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201701-75">
  <title>Perl: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
  <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Perl, the worst of
    which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">perl</product>
  <announced>2017-01-29</announced>
  <revised count="2">2017-06-01</revised>
  <bug>580612</bug>
  <bug>588592</bug>
  <bug>589680</bug>
  <bug>606750</bug>
  <bug>606752</bug>
  <access>local, remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="dev-lang/perl" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">5.22.3_rc4</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">5.22.3_rc4</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>Perl is a highly capable, feature-rich programming language.</p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Perl. Please review the
      CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the
      privileges of the process, cause a Denial of Service condition, or
      escalate privileges.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All Perl users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=dev-lang/perl-5.22.3_rc4"
    </code>
    
    <p>Warning: When you are upgrading to a new major Perl version, the
      commands above may not be sufficient. Please visit the Gentoo wiki
      referenced below to learn how to upgrade to a new major Perl version.
    </p>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8607">CVE-2015-8607</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8853">CVE-2015-8853</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-1238">CVE-2016-1238</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2381">CVE-2016-2381</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-6185">CVE-2016-6185</uri>
    <uri link="https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Perl#Upgrading_.28major_version.29">
      Gentoo Wiki: How to upgrade Perl
    </uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2017-01-21T22:09:19Z">whissi</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2017-06-01T01:14:59Z">b-man</metadata>
</glsa>