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TITLE:
rPath update for perl

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA33621

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/33621/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation, DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
rPath Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/10614/

DESCRIPTION:
rPath has issued an update for perl. This fixes some vulnerabilities,
which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated
privileges and by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service)
and compromise a vulnerable system.

For more information:
SA27546

SOLUTION:
Update to:
perl=conary.rpath.com@rpl:1/5.8.7-8.5-1
perl=conary.rpath.com@rpl:2/5.8.8-16-0.1

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
rPSA-2009-0011:
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0011

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

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