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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201909-01
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Severity: Normal
Title: Perl: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: September 06, 2019
Bugs: #653432, #670190
ID: 201909-01

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Perl, the worst of which
could result in the arbitrary execution of code.

Background
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Perl is a highly capable, feature-rich programming language.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 dev-lang/perl < 5.28.2 >= 5.28.2

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Perl. Please review
the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
======

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Perl users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge –sync
# emerge –ask –oneshot –verbose “>=dev-lang/perl-5.28.2”

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2018-18311
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18311
[ 2 ] CVE-2018-18312
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18312
[ 3 ] CVE-2018-18313
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18313
[ 4 ] CVE-2018-18314
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18314
[ 5 ] CVE-2018-6797
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6797
[ 6 ] CVE-2018-6798
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6798
[ 7 ] CVE-2018-6913
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6913

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-01

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users’ machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2019 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons – Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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