CVE-2016-6185

Name	CVE-2016-6185
Description	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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DLA-565-1, DSA-3628-1
Debian Bugs	829578

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
perl (PTS)	jessie, jessie (lts)	5.20.2-3+deb8u14	fixed
	stretch (security)	5.24.1-3+deb9u5	fixed
	stretch (lts), stretch	5.24.1-3+deb9u8	fixed
	buster, buster (lts)	5.28.1-6+deb10u2	fixed
	bullseye	5.32.1-4+deb11u3	fixed
	bullseye (security)	5.32.1-4+deb11u4	fixed
	bookworm	5.36.0-7+deb12u1	fixed
	sid, trixie	5.40.0-7	fixed

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

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
perl	source	wheezy	5.14.2-21+deb7u4		DLA-565-1
perl	source	jessie	5.20.2-3+deb8u6		DSA-3628-1
perl	source	(unstable)	5.22.2-2			829578