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TITLE:
Fedora update for Perl

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA15191

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/15191/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Fedora Core 3
http://secunia.com/product/4222/

DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for perl. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to
gain escalated privileges.

For more information:
SA14120
SA13643

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.

Fedora Core 3:
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/3/

1509fe0fadb22b69b5f878341b34d767 SRPMS/perl-5.8.5-12.FC3.src.rpm
c90f95a4aacf003d94d2420dd6629650 x86_64/perl-5.8.5-12.FC3.x86_64.rpm
c46fe5d5db1ca845e67b39f21ea37d99
x86_64/perl-suidperl-5.8.5-12.FC3.x86_64.rpm
32a2972a6d1d56a60a213249e70ac7ff
x86_64/debug/perl-debuginfo-5.8.5-12.FC3.x86_64.rpm
fb672eecfac3216363fae01b52cb1fd8 i386/perl-5.8.5-12.FC3.i386.rpm
c54d4bb985501c643eb7be1309543779
i386/perl-suidperl-5.8.5-12.FC3.i386.rpm
dbbc18ba952c8df14788658dcf13d014
i386/debug/perl-debuginfo-5.8.5-12.FC3.i386.rpm

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA14120:
http://secunia.com/advisories/14120/

SA13643:
http://secunia.com/advisories/13643/

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