TITLE:
OpenBSD update for perl

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA18295

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18295/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
OpenBSD 3.x
http://secunia.com/product/100/

DESCRIPTION:
OpenBSD has issued an update for perl. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a Denial of
Service and potentially to compromise a vulnerable Perl application.

For more information:
SA17802

SOLUTION:
Apply patches.

OpenBSD 3.8:
ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.8/common/001_perl.patch

OpenBSD 3.7:
ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.7/common/007_perl.patch

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.openbsd.org/errata37.html#perl

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

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