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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2005.1005 -- [Win][UNIX/Linux][RedHat] Moderate: perl security update 22 December 2005 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: perl Publisher: Red Hat Operating System: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES/WS 4 UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX) Windows Impact: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands Access: Remote/Unauthenticated CVE Names: CVE-2005-3962 Original Bulletin: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-880.html - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - - --------------------------------------------------------------------- Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Moderate: perl security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2005:880-01 Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-880.html Issue date: 2005-12-20 Updated on: 2005-12-20 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux CVE Names: CVE-2005-3962 - - --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Summary: Updated Perl packages that fix security issues and bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64 3. Problem description: Perl is a high-level programming language commonly used for system administration utilities and Web programming. An integer overflow bug was found in Perl's format string processor. It is possible for an attacker to cause perl to crash or execute arbitrary code if the attacker is able to process a malicious format string. This issue is only exploitable through a script which passes arbitrary untrusted strings to the format string processor. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project assigned the name CVE-2005-3962 to this issue. Users of Perl are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues as well as fixes for several bugs. 4. Solution: Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system. 5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 170088 - bits/resource.ph has syntax errors 171111 - (libperl) could not run system-config-printer 172327 - getgrnam() crashes with "Out of memory" if /etc/group contains long lines 174683 - CVE-2005-3962 Perl integer overflow issue 175104 - MakeMaker::MM_Unix doesn't honor LD_RUN_PATH requirements 175129 - missing C standard headers 6. RPMs required: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4AS/en/os/SRPMS/perl-5.8.5-24.RHEL4.src.rpm 44fee2aba88f5e9f95c6380f59d96168 perl-5.8.5-24.RHEL4.src.rpm i386: 41acc2458d49e5993f2166e4e3011158 perl-5.8.5-24.RHEL4.i386.rpm fc333a6a5b0823ae264ccc0034d16d3b perl-suidperl-5.8.5-24.RHEL4.i386.rpm ia64: bce950fab06eac39fabf74060746e50a perl-5.8.5-24.RHEL4.ia64.rpm 70ab2ffbeac438218a37f295dac5308e perl-suidperl-5.8.5-24.RHEL4.ia64.rpm ppc: 9865ec5607eb3ef32a39d1ba5969d34a perl-5.8.5-24.RHEL4.ppc.rpm 62c2ce1ff78671de1fca6bb34fc29fc5 perl-suidperl-5.8.5-24.RHEL4.ppc.rpm s390: b62ef568796c54ef8e0d8defb3931f41 perl-5.8.5-24.RHEL4.s390.rpm e3fe98dd7c5b19aefc38597bab186327 perl-suidperl-5.8.5-24.RHEL4.s390.rpm s390x: b76f72b60b736d4c143bf8cbb435c789 perl-5.8.5-24.RHEL4.s390x.rpm c55fbbc676950f192923a526fa0c2177 perl-suidperl-5.8.5-24.RHEL4.s390x.rpm x86_64: 21b444319af3893c7dfc522fd81b8a3f perl-5.8.5-24.RHEL4.x86_64.rpm 20880d1430449d763eb54688e2ab6f24 perl-suidperl-5.8.5-24.RHEL4.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4Desktop/en/os/SRPMS/perl-5.8.5-24.RHEL4.src.rpm 44fee2aba88f5e9f95c6380f59d96168 perl-5.8.5-24.RHEL4.src.rpm i386: 41acc2458d49e5993f2166e4e3011158 perl-5.8.5-24.RHEL4.i386.rpm fc333a6a5b0823ae264ccc0034d16d3b perl-suidperl-5.8.5-24.RHEL4.i386.rpm x86_64: 21b444319af3893c7dfc522fd81b8a3f perl-5.8.5-24.RHEL4.x86_64.rpm 20880d1430449d763eb54688e2ab6f24 perl-suidperl-5.8.5-24.RHEL4.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4ES/en/os/SRPMS/perl-5.8.5-24.RHEL4.src.rpm 44fee2aba88f5e9f95c6380f59d96168 perl-5.8.5-24.RHEL4.src.rpm i386: 41acc2458d49e5993f2166e4e3011158 perl-5.8.5-24.RHEL4.i386.rpm fc333a6a5b0823ae264ccc0034d16d3b perl-suidperl-5.8.5-24.RHEL4.i386.rpm ia64: bce950fab06eac39fabf74060746e50a perl-5.8.5-24.RHEL4.ia64.rpm 70ab2ffbeac438218a37f295dac5308e perl-suidperl-5.8.5-24.RHEL4.ia64.rpm x86_64: 21b444319af3893c7dfc522fd81b8a3f perl-5.8.5-24.RHEL4.x86_64.rpm 20880d1430449d763eb54688e2ab6f24 perl-suidperl-5.8.5-24.RHEL4.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4WS/en/os/SRPMS/perl-5.8.5-24.RHEL4.src.rpm 44fee2aba88f5e9f95c6380f59d96168 perl-5.8.5-24.RHEL4.src.rpm i386: 41acc2458d49e5993f2166e4e3011158 perl-5.8.5-24.RHEL4.i386.rpm fc333a6a5b0823ae264ccc0034d16d3b perl-suidperl-5.8.5-24.RHEL4.i386.rpm ia64: bce950fab06eac39fabf74060746e50a perl-5.8.5-24.RHEL4.ia64.rpm 70ab2ffbeac438218a37f295dac5308e perl-suidperl-5.8.5-24.RHEL4.ia64.rpm x86_64: 21b444319af3893c7dfc522fd81b8a3f perl-5.8.5-24.RHEL4.x86_64.rpm 20880d1430449d763eb54688e2ab6f24 perl-suidperl-5.8.5-24.RHEL4.x86_64.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. 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