Perl, Locale Maketext Perl module: Multiple vulnerabilities

Perl, Locale Maketext Perl module: Multiple vulnerabilities Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Perl and Locale::Maketext Perl module, the worst of which could allow a context-dependent attacker to execute arbitrary code. perl 2014-01-19 2014-01-19 384887 448632 460444 483448 local, remote 5.16.3 5.16.3 1.230.0 1.230.0

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"

CVE-2011-2728 CVE-2011-2939 CVE-2012-5195 CVE-2013-1667 Zlogene Zlogene