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TITLE:
Fedora update for perl

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA30837

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30837/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Fedora 9
http://secunia.com/product/18642/

DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for perl. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain
actions with escalated privileges.

For more information:
SA30790

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via the yum utility ("yum update perl").

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg01025.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA30790:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30790/

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