MGASA-2014-0093

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    MGASA-2014-0093

    Published: 25 Feb 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2013-1437

    Summary: Updated perl-Module-Metadata package clarifies the man page

    Details: This update clarifies the module's documentation about the code it executes i.e. it does "eval" a module to determine its version number. Previously it said that it did not execute unsafe code (CVE-2013-1437).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0093.html, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-August/114912.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11146

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: perl-Module-Metadata

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/perl-Module-Metadata?arch=source&distro=mageia-3

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.0.11-4.1.mga3

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
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    Availability
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    High