SUSE-SU-2016:2263-1

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    SUSE-SU-2016:2263-1

    Published: 8 Sept 2016Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for perl

    Details: This update for Perl fixes the following issues: - CVE-2016-6185: Xsloader looking at a '(eval)' directory. (bsc#988311) - CVE-2016-1238: Searching current directory for optional modules. (bsc#987887) - CVE-2015-8853: Regular expression engine hanging on bad utf8. (bsc) - CVE-2016-2381: Environment dup handling bug. (bsc#967082) - 'Insecure dependency in require' error in taint mode. (bsc#984906) - Memory leak in 'use utf8' handling. (bsc#928292) - Missing lock prototype to the debugger. (bsc#932894)

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2016/suse-su-20162263-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/928292, https://bugzilla.suse.com/932894, https://bugzilla.suse.com/967082, https://bugzilla.suse.com/984906, https://bugzilla.suse.com/987887, https://bugzilla.suse.com/988311, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8853, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1238, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2381, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6185

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: perl

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/perl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -5.18.2-11.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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