Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
Multiple vulnerabilities has been found and corrected in perl:
Off-by-one error in the decode_xs function in Unicode/Unicode.xs in the Encode module before 2.44, as used in Perl before 5.15.6, might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted Unicode string, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-2011-2939).
Eval injection in the Digest module before 1.17 for Perl allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the new constructor (CVE-2011-3597).
The updated packages have been patched to correct these issues.
Affected
perl on Mandriva Linux 2011.0,
Mandriva Linux 2010.1
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2011-2939, CVE-2011-3597 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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