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Subject:
Security ERRATA for on SL5.x i386/x86_64
From:
Troy Dawson <[log in to unmask]>
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Troy Dawson <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:42:51 -0600
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Synopsis:	Important: perl security update
Issue date:	2007-11-05
CVE Names:	CVE-2007-5116

A flaw was found in Perl's regular expression engine. Specially crafted
input to a regular expression can cause Perl to improperly allocate 
memory, possibly resulting in arbitrary code running with the 
permissions of the user running Perl. (CVE-2007-5116)

SL 5.x

   SRPMS:
perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2.src.rpm
   i386:
perl-5.8.8-10.el5.2.i386.rpm
perl-suidperl-5.8.8-10.el5.2.i386.rpm
   x86_64:
perl-5.8.8-10.el5.2.i386.rpm
perl-5.8.8-10.el5.2.x86_64.rpm
perl-suidperl-5.8.8-10.el5.2.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson

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