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Fedora 22 perl-PathTools Security Advisory: Critical Taint Flaw Fix

This release fixes CVE-2015-8607 (losing taint flag in File::Spec::canonpath() subroutine).. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2016-4ca904238f 2016-01-27 15:18:06.410964 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name : perl-PathTools Product : Fedora 22 Version : 3.47 Release : 312.fc22 URL : https://metacpan.org/dist/PathTools Summary : PathTools Perl module (Cwd, File::Spec) Description : This is the combined distribution for the File::Spec and Cwd modules. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information: This release fixes CVE-2015-8607 (losing taint flag in File::Spec::canonpath() subroutine). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #1293272 - CVE-2015-8607 perl-PathTools: Taint propagation flaw in canonpath() https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1293272 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update perl-PathTools' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at . 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. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/package-announce.lists.fedoraproject.org/ . Important alert regarding perl-PathTools addresses security vulnerability in canonpath(). Safeguard your system integrity by performing the update immediately.. Fedora Security Update, perl-PathTools, Taint Flaw Fixes. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

Jan 27, 2016 Fedora