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Mandriva Update for perl MDVSA-2012:009 (perl)

Information

Severity

Severity

High

Family

Family

Mandrake Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

7.5

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

12 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update for the 'perl' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.

Insight

Insight

A vulnerability has been found and corrected in perl: 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 this issue.

Affected Software

Affected Software

perl on Mandriva Enterprise Server 5, Mandriva Enterprise Server 5/X86_64

Solution

Solution

Please Install the Updated Packages.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)