CVE-2012-6329
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
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 63.73% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 99.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2013-01-04 21:00Z13 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 21:28Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-12-10
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 2a488d757b6df25dfc53a7a3b8035717ed6a97e5a3fd5d9f9e7afe56cb6cc90f
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2013:113http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:113
- twiki.orghttp://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/SecurityAlert-CVE-2012-6329
- sourceforge.net[foswiki-announce] 20121212 Security Alert CVE-2012-6329: Foswiki MAKETEXT Variable Allows Arbitrary Shell Command Executionhttp://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=30219695
- perl5.git.perl.orghttp://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/1735f6f53ca19f99c6e9e39496c486af323ba6a8
- perl5.git.perl.orghttp://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/blob/HEAD:/pod/perl5177delta.pod
- code.activestate.com[perl5-porters] 20121205 Re: security notice: Locale::Maketexthttp://code.activestate.com/lists/perl5-porters/187763/
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20121211 Re: CVE request: perl-moduleshttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/11/4
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=884354
- wiki.mageia.orghttps://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0032
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2099-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2099-1
- code.activestate.com[perl5-porters] 20121205 security notice: Locale::Maketexthttp://code.activestate.com/lists/perl5-porters/187746/
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2013:0685http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0685.html
- kb.juniper.nethttp://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
- kb.juniper.nethttp://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10735
- www.securityfocus.com56950http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56950
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=695224
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- perl Fixed in 5.14.2-16
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- perl Fixed in 5.14.2-16
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- perl Fixed in 5.14.2-16
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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