Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
A vulnerability has been found and corrected in perl:
Heap-based buffer overflow in the Perl_repeatcpy function in util.c in Perl 5.12.x before 5.12.5, 5.14.x before 5.14.3, and 5.15.x before 15.15.5 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via the & 'x' string repeat operator (CVE-2012-5195).
The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.
Affected
perl on Mandriva Linux 2011.0,
Mandriva Enterprise Server 5.2
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2012-5195 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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