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[Cucumber-linux-security] perl (security update is available)
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From: Z5T1 <z5...@z5...> - 2017-09-20 15:42:21
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Update Information A security update is available for perl for the following versions of Cucumber Linux: * 1.0 Here are the details from the Cucumber 1.0 changelog: +----------------+ Wed Sep 20 11:04:45 EDT 2017 lang-base/perl rebuilt (build 2) to fix CVE-2017-12837 and CVE-2017-12883, two vulnerabilities both relating to specially crafted regular expressions. CVE-2017-12837 allowed a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (crash), while CVE-2017-12883 allowed for this same denial of service, as well as a data leak from memory. For more information see: http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=38 http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=39 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12883 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12837 * SECURITY FIX * +----------------+ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CLD and CVE Information This update is associated with the following Cucumber Linux Deficiency (CLD) and CVE numbers: * CLD-38 [CVE-2017-12883] (http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=38) * CLD-39 [CVE-2017-12837] (http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=39) More information about these CLDs can be found at their respective pages on the Cucumber Linux Security Advisory Tracker (these are the URLs in parenthesis above). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Installing the Update The updated package can be installed via Pickle by running the following commands (as root): # pickle --update # pickle Make sure perl is selected on the update list, and then select Ok. Pickle will then install the updated package. If you prefer to download the updated package manually, it can be found on the mirror at http://mirror.cucumberlinux.com/cucumber/. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Cucumber Linux Security Team cuc...@li... <mailto:cuc...@li...> http://www.cucumberlinux.com/security.php |
