CVE-2016-6185 Affecting perl-tests package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-PERLTESTS-1964088
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed30 Jun 2016

Introduced: 30 Jun 2016

CVE-2016-6185  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:7 perl-tests.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perl-tests package and not the perl-tests package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

The XSLoader::load method in XSLoader in Perl does not properly locate .so files when called in a string eval, which might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse library under the current working directory.

CVSS Scores

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