Perl: Multiple Vulnerabilities — GLSA 202411-09

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Perl, the worst of which can lead to arbitrary code execution.

Affected packages

dev-lang/perl on all architectures
Affected versions < 5.38.2
Unaffected versions >= 5.38.2

Background

Perl is Larry Wall’s Practical Extraction and Report 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-5.38.2"
 

References

Release date
November 17, 2024

Latest revision
November 17, 2024: 1

Severity
normal

Exploitable
remote

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