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Mandriva Update for perl MDVSA-2013:005 (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
A vulnerability has been found and corrected in perl: Heap-based buffer overflow in the Perl_repeatcpy function in util.c in Perl 5.12.x before 5.12.5, 5.14.x before 5.14.3, and 5.15.x before 15.15.5 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via the & 'x' string repeat operator (CVE-2012-5195). The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.
Affected Software
Affected Software
perl on Mandriva Linux 2011.0, Mandriva Enterprise Server 5.2
Solution
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.