Mageia alert MGASA-2018-0247 (perl)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2018-0247: Updated perl packages fix security vulnerability 
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Wed, 16 May 2018 10:58:43 +0200
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MGASA-2018-0247 - Updated perl packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 16 May 2018
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0247.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 5
CVE: CVE-2018-6913

Description:
GwanYeong Kim reported that 'pack()' could cause a heap buffer write
overflow with a large item count (CVE-2018-6913).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22992
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4172
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6913

SRPMS:
- 5/core/perl-5.20.1-8.8.mga5