Security update for perl

Announcement ID:	SUSE-SU-2016:2246-1
Rating:	moderate
References:	bsc#929027 bsc#967082 bsc#987887 bsc#988311
Cross-References:	CVE-2015-8853 CVE-2016-1238 CVE-2016-2381 CVE-2016-6185
CVSS scores:	CVE-2016-1238 ( SUSE ): 6.7 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2016-1238 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2016-1238 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2016-2381 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVE-2016-2381 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVE-2016-6185 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2016-6185 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:	SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4

An update that solves four vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for perl fixes the following issues:

• CVE-2016-6185: xsloader looking at a "(eval)" directory [bsc#988311]

• CVE-2016-1238: searching current directory for optional modules [bsc#987887]

• CVE-2015-8853: regex engine hanging on bad utf8 [bnc976584]

• CVE-2016-2381: environment dup handling bug [bsc#967082]

• perl panic with utf8_mg_pos_cache_update [bsc#929027]

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
  zypper in -t patch sdksp4-perl-12729=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  zypper in -t patch slessp4-perl-12729=1
• SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
  zypper in -t patch slessp4-perl-12729=1

Package List:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64)
  • perl-base-32bit-5.10.0-64.80.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
  • perl-Module-Build-0.2808.01-0.80.1
  • perl-Test-Simple-0.72-0.80.1
  • perl-doc-5.10.0-64.80.1
  • perl-base-5.10.0-64.80.1
  • perl-5.10.0-64.80.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (ia64)
  • perl-x86-5.10.0-64.80.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64)
  • perl-32bit-5.10.0-64.80.1
• SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (ppc64 x86_64)
  • perl-Module-Build-0.2808.01-0.80.1
  • perl-Test-Simple-0.72-0.80.1
  • perl-32bit-5.10.0-64.80.1
  • perl-doc-5.10.0-64.80.1
  • perl-base-5.10.0-64.80.1
  • perl-5.10.0-64.80.1

References:

• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8853.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1238.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2381.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6185.html
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=929027
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=967082
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=987887
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=988311