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Mandriva Update for perl MDVSA-2012:008 (perl)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update for the 'perl' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Insight
Insight
Multiple vulnerabilities has been found and corrected in perl: Off-by-one error in the decode_xs function in Unicode/Unicode.xs in the Encode module before 2.44, as used in Perl before 5.15.6, might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted Unicode string, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-2011-2939). Eval injection in the Digest module before 1.17 for Perl allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the new constructor (CVE-2011-3597). The updated packages have been patched to correct these issues.
Affected Software
Affected Software
perl on Mandriva Linux 2011.0, Mandriva Linux 2010.1
Solution
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.