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Fedora 23: perl-PathTools Security Update for Moderate Taint Issue

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Calendar Grey January 14, 2016
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Resolves taint flag concern in File::Spec::canonpath() to bolster Perl module safety within Fedora.
This release fixes CVE-2015-8607 (losing taint flag in File::Spec::canonpath() subroutine).

Summary

This is the combined distribution for the File::Spec and Cwd modules.

Update Information:

This release fixes CVE-2015-8607 (losing taint flag in File::Spec::canonpath() subroutine).

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate Fedora perl-PathTools taint issue

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1293272 - CVE-2015-8607 perl-PathTools: Taint propagation flaw in canonpath() https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1293272

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update perl-PathTools' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

Name: perl-PathTools
Product: Fedora 23
Version: 3.60
Release: 2.fc23
URL: https://metacpan.org/dist/PathTools
Summary: PathTools Perl module (Cwd, File::Spec)

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate Fedora perl-PathTools taint issue

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