Package : perl
Vulnerability : design flaws
Problem type : local
Debian-specific: no
CVE Id(s) : CVE-2008-5302 CVE-2008-5303
Debian Bug : 286905 286922 479317
The perl update in DSA-1678-1 contains a regression which is triggered
by some Perl scripts which have changed into the directory tree
removed by File::Path::rmtree. In particular, this happens if File::Temp::tempdir is used. This new update corrects this
regression.
For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in
version 5.8.8-7etch6.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you upgrade your perl packages.
Upgrade instructions
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wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:
apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 alias etch
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