SB2016070710 - Fedora 23 update for perl
Published: July 7, 2016 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016070710
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) XSLoader relative path error in Perl (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-6185)
The vulnerability allows a local user to obtain elevated privileges on the target system.The vulnerability exists due to an access control error in Perl. A local user can load arbitrary code from the current working directory by supplying specially crafted data to the XSLoader component.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in execution of arbitrary code.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.