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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.69487
Category:Fedora Local Security Checks
Title:Fedora Core 15 FEDORA-2011-4631 (perl)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:
The remote host is missing an update to perl
announced via advisory FEDORA-2011-4631.

Update Information:

Security bug: lc launder tainted data

http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=87336

Cwd.so should go the subpackage.

References:

[ 1 ] Bug #692898 - CVE-2011-1487 perl: lc(), uc() routines are laundering tainted data
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=692898

Solution: Apply the appropriate updates.

This update can be installed with the yum update program. Use
su -c 'yum update perl' at the command line.
For more information, refer to Managing Software with yum,
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FEDORA-2011-4631

Risk factor : Medium

CVSS Score:
5.0

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-1487
43921
http://secunia.com/advisories/43921
44168
http://secunia.com/advisories/44168
47124
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47124
DSA-2265
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2265
FEDORA-2011-4610
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057891.html
FEDORA-2011-4631
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057971.html
MDVSA-2011:091
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:091
SUSE-SR:2011:009
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-05/msg00005.html
[oss-security] 20110401 CVE Request -- perl -- lc(), uc() routines are laundering tainted data
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/01/3
[oss-security] 20110404 Re: CVE Request -- perl -- lc(), uc() routines are laundering tainted data
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/04/35
http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/539689e74a3bcb04d29e4cd9396de91a81045b99
http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=87336
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=692844
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=692898
perl-laundering-security-bypass(66528)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66528
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