SB2016080302 - Fedora 24 update for perl

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SB2016080302 - Fedora 24 update for perl

Published: August 3, 2016 Updated: April 24, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2016080302
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Code execution

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Privilege Escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-1238)

The vulnerability allows a local user to obtain elevated privileges on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation. By sending and tricking the victim to load a specially crafted code a malicious user can cause arbitrary code execution that allows them to gain root privileges.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will result in arbitrary code execution that allows a local attacker to get elevated privilegs on the vulnerable system.




2) Insecure search path in perl5-porters (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-1238)

The vulnerability allows a local user to potentially elevate privileges.

The vulnerability exists due to Perl 5 module loads modules from the includes directory array ("@INC") in which the last element is the current directory ("."). A local attacker can place specially crafted modules into world-writable directory and trick the victim to run arbitrary script from this directory.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a local attacker to obtain elevated privileges on the system.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References