Secunia Security Advisory - rPath has issued an update for perl. This fixes a vulnerability, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
rPath update for perl
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27515
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27515/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
DoS, System access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
rPath Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/10614/
DESCRIPTION:
rPath has issued an update for perl. This fixes a vulnerability,
which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise
a vulnerable system.
For more information:
SA27546
NOTE: The affected system does not have perl-based web applications
enabled by default.
SOLUTION:
Update to "perl=conary.rpath.com@rpl:1/5.8.7-8.2-1".
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://lists.rpath.com/pipermail/security-announce/2007-November/000274.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA27546:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27546/
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