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Red Hat: RHSA-2011:1424-01 Moderate: Perl Buffer Overflow Severity

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Updated perl packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores,
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====================================================================                   Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Moderate: perl security update
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2011:1424-01
Product:           Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:1424.html
Issue date:        2011-11-03
CVE Names:         CVE-2011-2939 CVE-2011-3597 
====================================================================
1. Summary:

Updated perl packages that fix two security issues are now available for
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate
security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores,
which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability
from the CVE links in the References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

3. Description:

Perl is a high-level programming language commonly used for system
administration utilities and web programming.

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way Perl decoded Unicode
strings. An attacker could create a malicious Unicode string that, when
decoded by a Perl program, would cause the program to crash or,
potentially, execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user
running the program. (CVE-2011-2939)

It was found that the "new" constructor of the Digest module used its
argument as part of the string expression passed to the eval() function. An
attacker could possibly use this flaw to execute arbitrary Perl code with
the privileges of a Perl program that uses untrusted input as an argument
to the constructor. (CVE-2011-3597)

All Perl users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain
backported patches to correct these issues. All running Perl programs must
be restarted for this update to take effect.

4. Solution:

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

731246 - CVE-2011-2939 Perl decode_xs heap-based buffer overflow
743010 - CVE-2011-3597 Perl Digest improper control of generation of code

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):

Source:

i386:
perl-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Archive-Extract-0.38-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Archive-Tar-1.58-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-CGI-3.51-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-CPAN-1.9402-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-CPANPLUS-0.88-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib-2.023-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Compress-Zlib-2.020-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Digest-SHA-5.47-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-ExtUtils-CBuilder-0.27-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-ExtUtils-Embed-1.28-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker-6.55-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-ExtUtils-ParseXS-2.2003.0-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-File-Fetch-0.26-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-IO-Compress-Base-2.020-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-IO-Compress-Zlib-2.020-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-IO-Zlib-1.09-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-IPC-Cmd-0.56-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Locale-Maketext-Simple-0.18-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Log-Message-0.02-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Log-Message-Simple-0.04-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Module-Build-0.3500-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Module-CoreList-2.18-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Module-Load-0.16-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Module-Load-Conditional-0.30-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Module-Loaded-0.02-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Module-Pluggable-3.90-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Object-Accessor-0.34-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Package-Constants-0.02-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Params-Check-0.26-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Parse-CPAN-Meta-1.40-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Pod-Escapes-1.04-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Pod-Simple-3.13-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Term-UI-0.20-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Test-Harness-3.17-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Test-Simple-0.92-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Time-HiRes-1.9721-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Time-Piece-1.15-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-core-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-debuginfo-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-devel-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-libs-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-parent-0.221-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-suidperl-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-version-0.77-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm

x86_64:
perl-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Archive-Extract-0.38-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Archive-Tar-1.58-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-CGI-3.51-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-CPAN-1.9402-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-CPANPLUS-0.88-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib-2.023-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Compress-Zlib-2.020-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Digest-SHA-5.47-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-ExtUtils-CBuilder-0.27-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-ExtUtils-Embed-1.28-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker-6.55-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-ExtUtils-ParseXS-2.2003.0-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-File-Fetch-0.26-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-IO-Compress-Base-2.020-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-IO-Compress-Zlib-2.020-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-IO-Zlib-1.09-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-IPC-Cmd-0.56-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Locale-Maketext-Simple-0.18-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Log-Message-0.02-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Log-Message-Simple-0.04-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Module-Build-0.3500-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Module-CoreList-2.18-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Module-Load-0.16-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Module-Load-Conditional-0.30-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Module-Loaded-0.02-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Module-Pluggable-3.90-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Object-Accessor-0.34-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Package-Constants-0.02-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Params-Check-0.26-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Parse-CPAN-Meta-1.40-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Pod-Escapes-1.04-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Pod-Simple-3.13-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Term-UI-0.20-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Test-Harness-3.17-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Test-Simple-0.92-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Time-HiRes-1.9721-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Time-Piece-1.15-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-core-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-debuginfo-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-debuginfo-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-devel-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-devel-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-libs-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-libs-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-parent-0.221-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-suidperl-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-version-0.77-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6):

Source:

x86_64:
perl-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Archive-Extract-0.38-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Archive-Tar-1.58-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-CGI-3.51-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-CPAN-1.9402-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-CPANPLUS-0.88-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib-2.023-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Compress-Zlib-2.020-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Digest-SHA-5.47-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-ExtUtils-CBuilder-0.27-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-ExtUtils-Embed-1.28-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker-6.55-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-ExtUtils-ParseXS-2.2003.0-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-File-Fetch-0.26-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-IO-Compress-Base-2.020-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-IO-Compress-Zlib-2.020-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-IO-Zlib-1.09-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-IPC-Cmd-0.56-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Locale-Maketext-Simple-0.18-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Log-Message-0.02-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Log-Message-Simple-0.04-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Module-Build-0.3500-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Module-CoreList-2.18-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Module-Load-0.16-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Module-Load-Conditional-0.30-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Module-Loaded-0.02-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Module-Pluggable-3.90-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Object-Accessor-0.34-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Package-Constants-0.02-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Params-Check-0.26-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Parse-CPAN-Meta-1.40-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Pod-Escapes-1.04-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Pod-Simple-3.13-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Term-UI-0.20-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Test-Harness-3.17-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Test-Simple-0.92-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Time-HiRes-1.9721-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Time-Piece-1.15-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-core-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-debuginfo-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-debuginfo-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-devel-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-devel-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-libs-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-libs-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-parent-0.221-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-suidperl-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-version-0.77-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6):

Source:

i386:
perl-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Archive-Extract-0.38-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Archive-Tar-1.58-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-CGI-3.51-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-CPAN-1.9402-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-CPANPLUS-0.88-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib-2.023-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Compress-Zlib-2.020-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Digest-SHA-5.47-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-ExtUtils-CBuilder-0.27-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-ExtUtils-Embed-1.28-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker-6.55-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-ExtUtils-ParseXS-2.2003.0-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-File-Fetch-0.26-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-IO-Compress-Base-2.020-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-IO-Compress-Zlib-2.020-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-IO-Zlib-1.09-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-IPC-Cmd-0.56-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Locale-Maketext-Simple-0.18-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Log-Message-0.02-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Log-Message-Simple-0.04-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Module-Build-0.3500-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Module-CoreList-2.18-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Module-Load-0.16-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Module-Load-Conditional-0.30-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Module-Loaded-0.02-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Module-Pluggable-3.90-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Object-Accessor-0.34-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Package-Constants-0.02-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Params-Check-0.26-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Parse-CPAN-Meta-1.40-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Pod-Escapes-1.04-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Pod-Simple-3.13-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Term-UI-0.20-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Test-Harness-3.17-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Test-Simple-0.92-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Time-HiRes-1.9721-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Time-Piece-1.15-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-core-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-debuginfo-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-devel-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-libs-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-parent-0.221-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-suidperl-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-version-0.77-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm

ppc64:
perl-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.ppc64.rpm
perl-Archive-Extract-0.38-119.el6_1.1.ppc64.rpm
perl-Archive-Tar-1.58-119.el6_1.1.ppc64.rpm
perl-CGI-3.51-119.el6_1.1.ppc64.rpm
perl-CPAN-1.9402-119.el6_1.1.ppc64.rpm
perl-CPANPLUS-0.88-119.el6_1.1.ppc64.rpm
perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib-2.023-119.el6_1.1.ppc64.rpm
perl-Compress-Zlib-2.020-119.el6_1.1.ppc64.rpm
perl-Digest-SHA-5.47-119.el6_1.1.ppc64.rpm
perl-ExtUtils-CBuilder-0.27-119.el6_1.1.ppc64.rpm
perl-ExtUtils-Embed-1.28-119.el6_1.1.ppc64.rpm
perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker-6.55-119.el6_1.1.ppc64.rpm
perl-ExtUtils-ParseXS-2.2003.0-119.el6_1.1.ppc64.rpm
perl-File-Fetch-0.26-119.el6_1.1.ppc64.rpm
perl-IO-Compress-Base-2.020-119.el6_1.1.ppc64.rpm
perl-IO-Compress-Zlib-2.020-119.el6_1.1.ppc64.rpm
perl-IO-Zlib-1.09-119.el6_1.1.ppc64.rpm
perl-IPC-Cmd-0.56-119.el6_1.1.ppc64.rpm
perl-Locale-Maketext-Simple-0.18-119.el6_1.1.ppc64.rpm
perl-Log-Message-0.02-119.el6_1.1.ppc64.rpm
perl-Log-Message-Simple-0.04-119.el6_1.1.ppc64.rpm
perl-Module-Build-0.3500-119.el6_1.1.ppc64.rpm
perl-Module-CoreList-2.18-119.el6_1.1.ppc64.rpm
perl-Module-Load-0.16-119.el6_1.1.ppc64.rpm
perl-Module-Load-Conditional-0.30-119.el6_1.1.ppc64.rpm
perl-Module-Loaded-0.02-119.el6_1.1.ppc64.rpm
perl-Module-Pluggable-3.90-119.el6_1.1.ppc64.rpm
perl-Object-Accessor-0.34-119.el6_1.1.ppc64.rpm
perl-Package-Constants-0.02-119.el6_1.1.ppc64.rpm
perl-Params-Check-0.26-119.el6_1.1.ppc64.rpm
perl-Parse-CPAN-Meta-1.40-119.el6_1.1.ppc64.rpm
perl-Pod-Escapes-1.04-119.el6_1.1.ppc64.rpm
perl-Pod-Simple-3.13-119.el6_1.1.ppc64.rpm
perl-Term-UI-0.20-119.el6_1.1.ppc64.rpm
perl-Test-Harness-3.17-119.el6_1.1.ppc64.rpm
perl-Test-Simple-0.92-119.el6_1.1.ppc64.rpm
perl-Time-HiRes-1.9721-119.el6_1.1.ppc64.rpm
perl-Time-Piece-1.15-119.el6_1.1.ppc64.rpm
perl-core-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.ppc64.rpm
perl-debuginfo-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.ppc.rpm
perl-debuginfo-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.ppc64.rpm
perl-devel-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.ppc.rpm
perl-devel-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.ppc64.rpm
perl-libs-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.ppc.rpm
perl-libs-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.ppc64.rpm
perl-parent-0.221-119.el6_1.1.ppc64.rpm
perl-suidperl-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.ppc64.rpm
perl-version-0.77-119.el6_1.1.ppc64.rpm

s390x:
perl-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.s390x.rpm
perl-Archive-Extract-0.38-119.el6_1.1.s390x.rpm
perl-Archive-Tar-1.58-119.el6_1.1.s390x.rpm
perl-CGI-3.51-119.el6_1.1.s390x.rpm
perl-CPAN-1.9402-119.el6_1.1.s390x.rpm
perl-CPANPLUS-0.88-119.el6_1.1.s390x.rpm
perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib-2.023-119.el6_1.1.s390x.rpm
perl-Compress-Zlib-2.020-119.el6_1.1.s390x.rpm
perl-Digest-SHA-5.47-119.el6_1.1.s390x.rpm
perl-ExtUtils-CBuilder-0.27-119.el6_1.1.s390x.rpm
perl-ExtUtils-Embed-1.28-119.el6_1.1.s390x.rpm
perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker-6.55-119.el6_1.1.s390x.rpm
perl-ExtUtils-ParseXS-2.2003.0-119.el6_1.1.s390x.rpm
perl-File-Fetch-0.26-119.el6_1.1.s390x.rpm
perl-IO-Compress-Base-2.020-119.el6_1.1.s390x.rpm
perl-IO-Compress-Zlib-2.020-119.el6_1.1.s390x.rpm
perl-IO-Zlib-1.09-119.el6_1.1.s390x.rpm
perl-IPC-Cmd-0.56-119.el6_1.1.s390x.rpm
perl-Locale-Maketext-Simple-0.18-119.el6_1.1.s390x.rpm
perl-Log-Message-0.02-119.el6_1.1.s390x.rpm
perl-Log-Message-Simple-0.04-119.el6_1.1.s390x.rpm
perl-Module-Build-0.3500-119.el6_1.1.s390x.rpm
perl-Module-CoreList-2.18-119.el6_1.1.s390x.rpm
perl-Module-Load-0.16-119.el6_1.1.s390x.rpm
perl-Module-Load-Conditional-0.30-119.el6_1.1.s390x.rpm
perl-Module-Loaded-0.02-119.el6_1.1.s390x.rpm
perl-Module-Pluggable-3.90-119.el6_1.1.s390x.rpm
perl-Object-Accessor-0.34-119.el6_1.1.s390x.rpm
perl-Package-Constants-0.02-119.el6_1.1.s390x.rpm
perl-Params-Check-0.26-119.el6_1.1.s390x.rpm
perl-Parse-CPAN-Meta-1.40-119.el6_1.1.s390x.rpm
perl-Pod-Escapes-1.04-119.el6_1.1.s390x.rpm
perl-Pod-Simple-3.13-119.el6_1.1.s390x.rpm
perl-Term-UI-0.20-119.el6_1.1.s390x.rpm
perl-Test-Harness-3.17-119.el6_1.1.s390x.rpm
perl-Test-Simple-0.92-119.el6_1.1.s390x.rpm
perl-Time-HiRes-1.9721-119.el6_1.1.s390x.rpm
perl-Time-Piece-1.15-119.el6_1.1.s390x.rpm
perl-core-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.s390x.rpm
perl-debuginfo-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.s390.rpm
perl-debuginfo-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.s390x.rpm
perl-devel-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.s390.rpm
perl-devel-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.s390x.rpm
perl-libs-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.s390.rpm
perl-libs-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.s390x.rpm
perl-parent-0.221-119.el6_1.1.s390x.rpm
perl-suidperl-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.s390x.rpm
perl-version-0.77-119.el6_1.1.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
perl-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Archive-Extract-0.38-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Archive-Tar-1.58-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-CGI-3.51-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-CPAN-1.9402-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-CPANPLUS-0.88-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib-2.023-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Compress-Zlib-2.020-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Digest-SHA-5.47-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-ExtUtils-CBuilder-0.27-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-ExtUtils-Embed-1.28-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker-6.55-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-ExtUtils-ParseXS-2.2003.0-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-File-Fetch-0.26-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-IO-Compress-Base-2.020-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-IO-Compress-Zlib-2.020-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-IO-Zlib-1.09-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-IPC-Cmd-0.56-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Locale-Maketext-Simple-0.18-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Log-Message-0.02-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Log-Message-Simple-0.04-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Module-Build-0.3500-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Module-CoreList-2.18-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Module-Load-0.16-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Module-Load-Conditional-0.30-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Module-Loaded-0.02-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Module-Pluggable-3.90-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Object-Accessor-0.34-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Package-Constants-0.02-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Params-Check-0.26-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Parse-CPAN-Meta-1.40-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Pod-Escapes-1.04-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Pod-Simple-3.13-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Term-UI-0.20-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Test-Harness-3.17-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Test-Simple-0.92-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Time-HiRes-1.9721-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Time-Piece-1.15-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-core-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-debuginfo-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-debuginfo-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-devel-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-devel-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-libs-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-libs-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-parent-0.221-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-suidperl-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-version-0.77-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6):

Source:

i386:
perl-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Archive-Extract-0.38-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Archive-Tar-1.58-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-CGI-3.51-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-CPAN-1.9402-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-CPANPLUS-0.88-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib-2.023-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Compress-Zlib-2.020-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Digest-SHA-5.47-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-ExtUtils-CBuilder-0.27-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-ExtUtils-Embed-1.28-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker-6.55-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-ExtUtils-ParseXS-2.2003.0-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-File-Fetch-0.26-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-IO-Compress-Base-2.020-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-IO-Compress-Zlib-2.020-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-IO-Zlib-1.09-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-IPC-Cmd-0.56-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Locale-Maketext-Simple-0.18-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Log-Message-0.02-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Log-Message-Simple-0.04-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Module-Build-0.3500-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Module-CoreList-2.18-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Module-Load-0.16-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Module-Load-Conditional-0.30-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Module-Loaded-0.02-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Module-Pluggable-3.90-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Object-Accessor-0.34-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Package-Constants-0.02-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Params-Check-0.26-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Parse-CPAN-Meta-1.40-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Pod-Escapes-1.04-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Pod-Simple-3.13-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Term-UI-0.20-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Test-Harness-3.17-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Test-Simple-0.92-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Time-HiRes-1.9721-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-Time-Piece-1.15-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-core-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-debuginfo-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-devel-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-libs-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-parent-0.221-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-suidperl-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-version-0.77-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm

x86_64:
perl-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Archive-Extract-0.38-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Archive-Tar-1.58-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-CGI-3.51-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-CPAN-1.9402-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-CPANPLUS-0.88-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib-2.023-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Compress-Zlib-2.020-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Digest-SHA-5.47-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-ExtUtils-CBuilder-0.27-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-ExtUtils-Embed-1.28-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker-6.55-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-ExtUtils-ParseXS-2.2003.0-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-File-Fetch-0.26-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-IO-Compress-Base-2.020-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-IO-Compress-Zlib-2.020-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-IO-Zlib-1.09-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-IPC-Cmd-0.56-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Locale-Maketext-Simple-0.18-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Log-Message-0.02-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Log-Message-Simple-0.04-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Module-Build-0.3500-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Module-CoreList-2.18-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Module-Load-0.16-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Module-Load-Conditional-0.30-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Module-Loaded-0.02-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Module-Pluggable-3.90-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Object-Accessor-0.34-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Package-Constants-0.02-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Params-Check-0.26-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Parse-CPAN-Meta-1.40-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Pod-Escapes-1.04-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Pod-Simple-3.13-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Term-UI-0.20-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Test-Harness-3.17-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Test-Simple-0.92-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Time-HiRes-1.9721-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-Time-Piece-1.15-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-core-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-debuginfo-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-debuginfo-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-devel-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-devel-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-libs-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
perl-libs-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-parent-0.221-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-suidperl-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
perl-version-0.77-119.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security.  Our key and 
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package

7. References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2939
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3597
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is .  More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

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Red Hat: RHSA-2011:1424-01 Moderate: Perl Buffer Overflow Severity

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Calendar Grey November 3, 2011
Dist Redhat Esm H88
This critical vulnerability in Python has been resolved with an essential patch for Ubuntu 20.04. It's recommended to install the update promptly.
Updated perl packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Summary

Perl is a high-level programming language commonly used for system administration utilities and web programming.
A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way Perl decoded Unicode strings. An attacker could create a malicious Unicode string that, when decoded by a Perl program, would cause the program to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running the program. (CVE-2011-2939)
It was found that the "new" constructor of the Digest module used its argument as part of the string expression passed to the eval() function. An attacker could possibly use this flaw to execute arbitrary Perl code with the privileges of a Perl program that uses untrusted input as an argument to the constructor. (CVE-2011-3597)
All Perl users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. All running Perl programs must be restarted for this update to take effect.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2939 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3597 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):
Source:
i386: perl-5.10.1-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm perl-Archive-Extract-0.38-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm perl-Archive-Tar-1.58-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm perl-CGI-3.51-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm perl-CPAN-1.9402-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm perl-CPANPLUS-0.88-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib-2.023-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm perl-Compress-Zlib-2.020-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm perl-Digest-SHA-5.47-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm perl-ExtUtils-CBuilder-0.27-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm perl-ExtUtils-Embed-1.28-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker-6.55-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm perl-ExtUtils-ParseXS-2.2003.0-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm perl-File-Fetch-0.26-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm perl-IO-Compress-Base-2.020-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm perl-IO-Compress-Zlib-2.020-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm perl-IO-Zlib-1.09-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm perl-IPC-Cmd-0.56-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm perl-Locale-Maketext-Simple-0.18-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm perl-Log-Message-0.02-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm perl-Log-Message-Simple-0.04-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm perl-Module-Build-0.3500-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm perl-Module-CoreList-2.18-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm perl-Module-Load-0.16-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm perl-Module-Load-Conditional-0.30-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm perl-Module-Loaded-0.02-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm perl-Module-Pluggable-3.90-119.el6_1.1.i686.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2011:1424-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Issue date: 2011-11-03

Topic

Updated perl packages that fix two security issues are now available forRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderatesecurity impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores,which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE links in the References section.

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

731246 - CVE-2011-2939 Perl decode_xs heap-based buffer overflow

743010 - CVE-2011-3597 Perl Digest improper control of generation of code

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