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USN-3684-2: Perl vulnerability

13 June 2018

Perl could be made to overwrite arbitrary files if it received a specially crafted archive file.

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Releases

Packages

  • perl - Practical Extraction and Report Language

Details

USN-3684-1 fixed a vulnerability in perl. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that Perl incorrectly handled certain archive files.
An attacker could possibly use this to overwrite arbitrary files.

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 12.04

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

Related notices

  • USN-3684-1: perl-modules-5.26, libperl5.18, libperl-dev, libcgi-fast-perl, perl-base, perl-debug, perl-doc, libperl5.22, perl-modules, libperl5.26, perl-modules-5.22, perl