Security advisory

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  "id": "f36ade2f9a9c109242183d64a42e78948b18caeba23b60b6582fbb80632ba368",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-6185",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2016-6185",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-6185",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2016-6185",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2016-6185"
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "repo": "https://github.com/perl/perl5",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
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                  "introduced": "7c499b7fd47e7232467f4cb7ffd590dc0edf2168"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "443bd156a6baaf7a8fe6b6b05fcf6c4178140ed2"
                },
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                },
                {
                  "fixed": "c137098022dcef5e7ea32608e5299276efea6457"
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              ],
              "database_specific": {
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                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "5.23.0"
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                      {
                        "fixed": "5.24.1"
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                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                        "introduced": "5.25.0"
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          ],
          "versions": [
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            "v5.24.1-RC4",
            "v5.24.1-RC3",
            "v5.24.1-RC2",
            "v5.24.1-RC1",
            "v5.24.0",
            "v5.25.2",
            "v5.25.0",
            "v5.24.0-RC5",
            "v5.24.0-RC4",
            "v5.24.0-RC3",
            "v5.24.0-RC2",
            "v5.24.0-RC1",
            "v5.23.7",
            "v5.23.6",
            "v5.23.4",
            "v5.23.3",
            "if-0.0605",
            "v5.23.2",
            "v5.23.1",
            "v5.23.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-6185.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:31:03.348739410Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5RFDMASVZLFZYBB2GNTZXU6I76E4NA4V/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ITYZJXQH24X2F2LAOQEQAC5KXLYJTJ76/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PRIPTDA6XINBVEJXI2NGLKVEINBREHTN/",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-75",
        "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-1/",
        "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-2/",
        "https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=115808"
      ],
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              "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*",
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              "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
              "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
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                    "introduced": "12.04"
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          },
          {
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            ],
            "vendor_product": "oracle:solaris",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
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                    "introduced": "10"
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                  {
                    "last_affected": "10"
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                    "introduced": "11.3"
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            ]
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        ]
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    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2016-6185",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 440240,
  "published_at": "2016-08-02T14:59:02.943+00:00"
}