critical9.8
CVE-2011-10043
Module::Load versions before 0.22 for Perl allow arbitrary modules outside of @INC to be loaded.
Impact
Module::Load versions before 0.22 for Perl allow arbitrary modules outside of @INC to be loaded. Module names starting with "::" could be passed to the load function to specify arbitrary module paths. Attackers able to influence module names passed to load could use that bug to execute arbitrary code.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|
| Module::Load | before 0.22 |
Versions were read from the advisory text. No structured product data has been published for this record yet.
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://blogs.perl.org/users/michael_g_schwern/2011/10/how-not-to-load-a-module-or-bad-interfaces-make-good-people-do-bad-things.html
- https://metacpan.org/release/BINGOS/Module-Load-0.22/changes
- https://metacpan.org/release/BINGOS/Module-Load-0.22/diff/BINGOS/Module-Load-0.20/lib/Module/Load.pm