Mageia 7: MGASA-2020-0275 Critical: perl-YAML Typeglob Security Fix
mageia
July 5, 2020
Updated perl-YAML package fixes security vulnerability: This update enforces that $LoadCode must be enabled to use the feature of evaluating typeglobs, because with the typeglob f...
Summary
Updated perl-YAML package fixes security vulnerability: This update enforces that $LoadCode must be enabled to use the feature of evaluating typeglobs, because with the typeglob feature you would be able to set the variable $YAML::LoadCode from a YAML file, and that would be a
References
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25900
- https://metacpan.org/dist/YAML/changes
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/MKJQXJGMWYVDZSQFDB4EJ2WNJ6RU65J4/
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SRPMS
- 7/core/perl-YAML-1.300.0-1.mga7
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Publication date: 05 Jul 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0275.html
Type: security
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