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Ubuntu alert USN-1770-1 (perl)
========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1770-1 March 19, 2013 perl vulnerability ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 12.10 - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - Ubuntu 11.10 - Ubuntu 10.04 LTS - Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Summary: Perl could be made to stop responding if it received specially crafted input. Software Description: - perl: Practical Extraction and Report Language Details: Yves Orton discovered that Perl incorrectly handled hashing when using user-provided hash keys. An attacker could use this flaw to perform a denial of service attack against software written in Perl. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 12.10: perl 5.14.2-13ubuntu0.2 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: perl 5.14.2-6ubuntu2.3 Ubuntu 11.10: perl 5.12.4-4ubuntu0.2 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: perl 5.10.1-8ubuntu2.3 Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: perl 5.8.8-12ubuntu0.8 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1770-1 CVE-2013-1667 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/perl/5.14.2-13ubuntu0.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/perl/5.14.2-6ubuntu2.3 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/perl/5.12.4-4ubuntu0.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/perl/5.10.1-8ubuntu2.3 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/perl/5.8.8-12ubuntu0.8 -- ubuntu-security-announce mailing list ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-security... (Log in to post comments)
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