CVE-2012-6329

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    CVE-2012-6329

    Published: 4 Jan 2013Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The _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.

    References: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0685.html, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:113, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2099-1, http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/1735f6f53ca19f99c6e9e39496c486af323ba6a8, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=884354, http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=695224, http://code.activestate.com/lists/perl5-porters/187746/, http://code.activestate.com/lists/perl5-porters/187763/, http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705, http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10735, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/11/4, http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/blob/HEAD:/pod/perl5177delta.pod, http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=30219695, http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/SecurityAlert-CVE-2012-6329, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56950, https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0032

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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