Subject: perl update for security vulnerability
To: None <tech-pkg@netbsd.org>
From: Johnny Lam <jlam@NetBSD.org>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 02/02/2005 16:06:41
I've updated the lang/perl58 packages in pkgsrc to 5.8.6nb3, which fixes
CAN-2005-0155 and CAN-2005-0156. They are "local root exploit" and
"buffer overrun" security advisories, respectively. The vulnerable
versions are perl versions between 5.8.0 and 5.8.6nb2.
I'll be submitting patches for pkgsrc-2004Q4 soon to update lang/perl58
on that branch to 5.8.5nb8 to fix this same issue.
Cheers,
-- Johnny Lam <jlam@NetBSD.org>