Perl: Multiple vulnerabilities — GLSA 202006-03

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Perl, the worst of which could result in a Denial of Service condition.

Affected packages

dev-lang/perl on all architectures
Affected versions < 5.30.3
Unaffected versions >= 5.30.3

Background

Perl is a highly capable, feature-rich programming language.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Perl. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Perl users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/perl-5.30.3"
 

References

Release date
June 12, 2020

Latest revision
June 12, 2020: 1

Severity
normal

Exploitable
local, remote

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