UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6185

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6185

    Published: 2 Aug 2016Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-6185

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6185, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3625-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3625-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6185

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: perl

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -5.18.2-2ubuntu1.4

    Affected versions

    5.14.2-21build1

    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