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TITLE:
Gentoo update for perl and libperl

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA30326

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30326/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Gentoo Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/339/

DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for perl and libperl. This fixes a
vulnerability, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people
to compromise a vulnerable system.

For more information:
SA27546

SOLUTION:
perl:
Update to "dev-lang/perl-5.8.8-r5" or later.

libperl:
Update to "sys-devel/libperl-5.8.8-r2" or later.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-17.xml

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA27546:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27546/

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