Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201701-75 - Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Perl, the worst of which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. Versions less than 5.22.3_rc4 are affected.
cdd279034985732a13fb92530da2b6d854d1f02cd93718b3a52824aa2a52f265HP Security Bulletin HPSBNS03635 1 - Multiple potential remote and local vulnerabilities impacting Perl and PHP have been addressed by HPE NonStop Servers OSS Script Languages. The vulnerabilities include Perl's opportunistic loading of optional modules which might allow local users to gain elevation of privilege via a Trojan horse library under the current working directory. Revision 1 of this advisory.
d61092f8531c4cfe3e647e6a78dff740f1529c96097e41b94e0050770ca40436Ubuntu Security Notice 2878-1 - David Golden discovered that the canonpath function in the Perl File::Spec module did not properly preserve the taint attribute. An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass the taint protection mechanism.
3db55d3bf074181b89629f8f752f3b60d2dc5f2b3f784857fbf7ab1ae0c7d086Debian Linux Security Advisory 3441-1 - David Golden of MongoDB discovered that File::Spec::canonpath() in Perl returned untainted strings even if passed tainted input. This defect undermines taint propagation, which is sometimes used to ensure that unvalidated user input does not reach sensitive code.
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