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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2021-36770: Perl: Multiple Vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2021-36770: Perl: Multiple Vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/11/2021
Created
11/19/2024
Added
11/18/2024
Modified
11/18/2024

Description

Encode.pm, as distributed in Perl through 5.34.0, allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse Encode::ConfigLocal library (in the current working directory) that preempts dynamic module loading. Exploitation requires an unusual configuration, and certain 2021 versions of Encode.pm (3.05 through 3.11). This issue occurs because the || operator evaluates @INC in a scalar context, and thus @INC has only an integer value.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-dev-lang-perl

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