{"id":27680,"date":"2018-11-22T20:55:18","date_gmt":"2018-11-22T11:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/usn-3825-2-mod_perl-vulnerability\/"},"modified":"2018-11-22T22:34:16","modified_gmt":"2018-11-22T13:34:16","slug":"usn-3825-2-mod_perl-vulnerability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/usn-3825-2-mod_perl-vulnerability\/","title":{"rendered":"USN-3825-2: mod_perl vulnerability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>USN-3825-2: mod_perl vulnerability<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"libapache2-mod-perl2-vulnerability\">libapache2-mod-perl2 vulnerability<\/h2>\n<p>A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ubuntu 12.04 ESM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"summary\">Summary<\/h3>\n<p>mod_perl could be made to run programs contrary to expectations.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"software-description\">Software Description<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>libapache2-mod-perl2 &#8211; Integration of perl with the Apache2 web server<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"details\">Details<\/h3>\n<p>USN-3825-1 fixed a vulnerability in mod_perl. This update provides<br \/>\nthe corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.<\/p>\n<p>Original advisory details:<\/p>\n<p>Jan Ingvoldstad discovered that mod_perl incorrectly handled configuration<br \/>\n options to disable being used by unprivileged users, contrary to the<br \/>\n documentation. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to execute<br \/>\n arbitrary Perl code.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"update-instructions\">Update instructions<\/h2>\n<p>The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:<\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt>Ubuntu 12.04 ESM<\/dt>\n<dd>libapache2-mod-perl2 &#8211; 2.0.5-5ubuntu1.1<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p>To update your system, please follow these instructions: <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.ubuntu.com\/Security\/Upgrades\">https:\/\/wiki.ubuntu.com\/Security\/Upgrades<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"references\">References<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/usn.ubuntu.com\/usn\/usn-3825-1\">USN-3825-1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/people.canonical.com\/~ubuntu-security\/cve\/CVE-2011-2767\">CVE-2011-2767<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/usn.ubuntu.com\/3825-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">USN-3825-2: mod_perl vulnerability<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>USN-3825-2: mod_perl vulnerability libapache2-mod-perl2 vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 12.04 ESM Summary mod_perl could be made to run programs contrary to expectations. Software Description libapache2-mod-perl2 &#8211; Integration of perl with the Apache2 web server Details USN-3825-1 fixed a vulnerability in mod_perl. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Jan Ingvoldstad discovered that mod_perl incorrectly handled configuration options to disable being used by unprivileged users, contrary to the documentation. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary Perl code. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 12.04 ESM libapache2-mod-perl2 &#8211; 2.0.5-5ubuntu1.1 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https:\/\/wiki.ubuntu.com\/Security\/Upgrades. In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References USN-3825-1 <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/usn-3825-2-mod_perl-vulnerability\/\" title=\"USN-3825-2: mod_perl vulnerability\">[ more&#8230; ]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[586],"tags":[587],"class_list":["post-27680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ubuntu-usn","tag-ubuntu-usn"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27680"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27681,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27680\/revisions\/27681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}