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CVE-2012-6329

Publication date 4 January 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
perl 13.10 saucy
Not affected
13.04 raring
Not affected
12.10 quantal
Fixed 5.14.2-13ubuntu0.3
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 5.14.2-6ubuntu2.4
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 5.10.1-8ubuntu2.4

Patch details

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Package Patch details
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