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Fedora 23: perl-PathTools Security Update for Moderate Taint Issue

This release fixes CVE-2015-8607 (losing taint flag in File::Spec::canonpath() subroutine).. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2016-69e506e02d 2016-01-14 05:19:12.842869 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name : perl-PathTools Product : Fedora 23 Version : 3.60 Release : 2.fc23 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/ . Resolves taint flag concern in File::Spec::canonpath() to bolster Perl module safety within Fedora.. perl PathTools Update,Fedora Security Patch,Taint Flag Issue,File::Spec Canonpath Fix. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

Jan 14, 2016 Fedora