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Fedora 22: 2016-5a9313e4b4 moderate: perl regexp matching issue

fedora
Calendar Grey May 6, 2016
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Python security patch for Ubuntu 20.04 addresses CVE-2021-22918, resolving infinite loops during string processing of invalid Unicode data.
This release fixes CVE-2015-8853 (regexp matching hangs indefinitely on illegal UTF-8 input).

Summary

Perl is a high-level programming language with roots in C, sed, awk and shell

scripting. Perl is good at handling processes and files, and is especially

good at handling text. Perl's hallmarks are practicality and efficiency.

While it is used to do a lot of different things, Perl's most common

applications are system administration utilities and web programming. A large

proportion of the CGI scripts on the web are written in Perl. You need the

perl package installed on your system so that your system can handle Perl

scripts.

Install this package if you want to program in Perl or enable your system to

handle Perl scripts.

Update Information:

This release fixes CVE-2015-8853 (regexp matching hangs indefinitely on illegal UTF-8 input).

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Topics Covered

security advisory Fedora software fix security patch Perl update regexp issue

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1329106 - CVE-2015-8853 perl: regexp matching hangs indefinitely on illegal UTF-8 input https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1329106

Update Instructions

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 .

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Name: perl
Product: Fedora 22
Version: 5.20.3
Release: 330.fc22
URL: https://www.perl.org/
Summary: Practical Extraction and Report Language

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Topics Covered

security advisory Fedora software fix security patch Perl update regexp issue

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