CVE-2012-6329

NameCVE-2012-6329
DescriptionThe _compile function in Maketext.pm in the Locale::Maketext implementation in Perl before 5.17.7 does not properly handle backslashes and fully qualified method names during compilation of bracket notation, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via crafted input to an application that accepts translation strings from users, as demonstrated by the TWiki application before 5.1.3, and the Foswiki application 1.0.x through 1.0.10 and 1.1.x through 1.1.6.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs509864, 695224

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
perl (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)5.20.2-3+deb8u14fixed
stretch (security)5.24.1-3+deb9u5fixed
stretch (lts), stretch5.24.1-3+deb9u8fixed
buster, buster (lts)5.28.1-6+deb10u2fixed
bullseye5.32.1-4+deb11u3fixed
bullseye (security)5.32.1-4+deb11u4fixed
bookworm5.36.0-7+deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie5.40.0-7fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
foswikiITP509864
perlsourcesqueeze5.10.1-17squeeze5
perlsource(unstable)5.14.2-16695224

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