Fedora 29: FEDORA-2018-f6a5b71464 Critical: mod_perl Exec Risk

Mod_perl incorporates a Perl interpreter into the Apache web server,

so that the Apache web server can directly execute Perl code.

Mod_perl links the Perl run-time library into the Apache web server and

provides an object-oriented Perl interface for Apache's C language

API. The end result is a quicker CGI script turnaround process, since

no external Perl interpreter has to be started.

Install mod_perl if you're installing the Apache web server and you'd

like for it to directly incorporate a Perl interpreter.

This release fixes CVE-2011-2767 vulnerability (an arbitrary Perl code execution

in the context of the httpd server) by disabling sections in non-server-level configuration.

[ 1 ] Bug #1623265 - CVE-2011-2767 mod_perl: arbitrary Perl code execution in the context of the user account via a user-owned .htaccess

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1623265

su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2018-f6a5b71464' at the command

line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at

https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

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