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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200412-04 (perl)
Information
Severity
Severity
Low
Family
Family
Gentoo Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
2.1
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
15 years ago
Modified
Modified
6 years ago
Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200412-04.
Insight
Insight
Perl is vulnerable to symlink attacks, potentially allowing a local user to overwrite arbitrary files.
Solution
Solution
All Perl users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=perl-5.8.5-r2' http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200412-04 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66360 http://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0050/