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Fedora 34: 2021-3393b2b19d Moderate: IP Address Leading Zero Issue

This update disallows use of IP addresses with leading zeroes in the octet values, which could have been interpreted ambiguously as either octal or decimal values.. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2021-3393b2b19d 2021-04-24 20:00:51.077239 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name : perl-Net-CIDR-Lite Product : Fedora 34 Version : 0.22 Release : 1.fc34 URL : https://metacpan.org/dist/Net-CIDR-Lite Summary : Perl extension for merging IPv4 or IPv6 CIDR addresses Description : Faster alternative to Net::CIDR when merging a large number of CIDR address ranges. Works for IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Update Information: This update disallows use of IP addresses with leading zeroes in the octet values, which could have been interpreted ambiguously as either octal or decimal values. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------ChangeLog: * Mon Apr 5 2021 Paul Howarth - 0.22-1 - Update to 0.22 - Security: IPv4 octets with leading zeroes are no longer allowed https://blog.urth.org/2021/03/29/security-issues-in-perl-ip-address-distros/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2021-3393b2b19d' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/security/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------_______________________________________________ package-announce mailing list This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. To unsubscribe send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it./ Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure . The revision disallows IP addresses that feature leading zeroes in their octet segments to prevent ambiguity between octal and decimal interpretations.. Fedora Security Issue, IP Address Validation, Perl Update. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

Apr 24, 2021 Fedora