• [SECURITY] [DSA 2586-1] perl security update

    From Florian Weimer@1:229/2 to All on Tue Dec 11 20:20:03 2012
    From: [email protected]

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    - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-2586-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/
    December 11, 2012 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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    Package : perl
    Vulnerability : several
    Problem type : remote
    Debian-specific: no
    CVE ID : CVE-2012-5195 CVE-2012-5526
    Debian Bug : 689314 693420 695223

    Two vulnerabilities were discovered in the implementation of the Perl programming language:

    CVE-2012-5195
    The "x" operator could cause the Perl interpreter to crash
    if very long strings were created.

    CVE-2012-5526
    The CGI module does not properly escape LF characters
    in the Set-Cookie and P3P headers.

    In addition, this update adds a warning to the Storable documentation
    that this package is not suitable for deserializing untrusted data.

    For the stable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed in version 5.10.1-17squeeze4.

    For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
    version 5.14.2-16.

    We recommend that you upgrade your perl packages.

    Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
    these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
    found at: http://www.debian.org/security/

    Mailing list: [email protected]
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