SUSE Security Update: Security update for Perl
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2013:0442-1
Rating:             important
References:         #788388 #789994 #796014 #797060 #804415 
Cross-References:   CVE-2013-1667
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4
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   An update that solves one vulnerability and has four fixes
   is now available.

Description:


   This update of Perl 5 fixes the following security issues:

   * fix rehash DoS [bnc#804415] [CVE-2013-1667]
   * improve CGI crlf escaping [bnc#789994] [CVE-2012-5526]
   * fix glob denial of service [bnc#796014]
   [CVE-2011-2728]
   * sanitize input in Maketext.pm [bnc#797060]
   [CVE-2012-6329]
   * make getgrent work with long group entries
   [bnc#788388]

   Security Issue reference:

   * CVE-2013-1667
   



Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64):

      perl-5.8.8-14.21.3

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (s390x x86_64):

      perl-32bit-5.8.8-14.21.3

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (ia64):

      perl-x86-5.8.8-14.21.3

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (ppc):

      perl-64bit-5.8.8-14.21.3

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (i586 x86_64):

      perl-5.8.8-14.21.3

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (x86_64):

      perl-32bit-5.8.8-14.21.3


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1667.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/788388
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/789994
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/796014
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/797060
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/804415
   https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login

SuSE: 2013:0442-1: important: Perl

March 13, 2013
An update that solves one vulnerability and has four fixes An update that solves one vulnerability and has four fixes An update that solves one vulnerability and has four fixes is ...

Summary

This update of Perl 5 fixes the following security issues: * fix rehash DoS [bnc#804415] [CVE-2013-1667] * improve CGI crlf escaping [bnc#789994] [CVE-2012-5526] * fix glob denial of service [bnc#796014] [CVE-2011-2728] * sanitize input in Maketext.pm [bnc#797060] [CVE-2012-6329] * make getgrent work with long group entries [bnc#788388] Security Issue reference: * CVE-2013-1667 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64): perl-5.8.8-14.21.3 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (s390x x86_64): perl-32bit-5.8.8-14.21.3 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (ia64): perl-x86-5.8.8-14.21.3 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (ppc): perl-64bit-5.8.8-14.21.3 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (i586 x86_64): perl-5.8.8-14.21.3 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (x86_64): perl-32bit-5.8.8-14.21.3

References

#788388 #789994 #796014 #797060 #804415

Cross- CVE-2013-1667

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1667.html

https://bugzilla.novell.com/788388

https://bugzilla.novell.com/789994

https://bugzilla.novell.com/796014

https://bugzilla.novell.com/797060

https://bugzilla.novell.com/804415

https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login

Severity
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2013:0442-1
Rating: important

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