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SUSE-SU-2016:2246-1 Not scored

Security update for perl

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]

Exploit probability Not scored
Published September 6, 2016
Required by Not available
Last source change February 4, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 perl
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 perl
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 perl

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities SUSE-SU-2016:2246-1

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]

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence