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Gentoo: GLSA-200805-17 Normal: Perl Code Execution Threat

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Calendar Grey May 20, 2008
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
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A double free vulnerability was discovered in Perl, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code and a Denial of Service.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200805-17 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: Perl: Execution of arbitrary code Date: May 20, 2008 Bugs: #219203 ID: 200805-17

Synopsis ======= A double free vulnerability was discovered in Perl, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code and a Denial of Service.
Background ========= Perl is a stable, cross platform programming language.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaf...

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