Secunia Security Advisory - Fedora has issued an update for perl-Imager. This fixes a vulnerability, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise an application using the library.
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TITLE:
Fedora update for perl-Imager
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA30030
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30030/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
DoS, System access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Fedora 8
http://secunia.com/product/16769/
DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for perl-Imager. This fixes a
vulnerability, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people
to compromise an application using the library.
For more information:
SA30011
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via the yum utility ("yum update
perl-Imager").
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00569.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA30011:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30011/
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