TITLE:
Red Hat update perl

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA18075

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18075/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation, DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 3
http://secunia.com/product/2536/
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 3
http://secunia.com/product/2535/
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 3
http://secunia.com/product/2534/

DESCRIPTION:
Red Hat has issued an update for perl. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause
a Denial of Service, and by malicious, local users to perform certain
actions on a vulnerable system with escalated privileges.

For more information:
SA17802
SA12991
SA14531

SOLUTION:
Updated packages are available from Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com/

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-881.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA17802:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17802/

SA12991:
http://secunia.com/advisories/12991/

SA14531:
http://secunia.com/advisories/14531/

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