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Gentoo update for perl Advisory Available in Danish 

Secunia Advisory: SA14264  
Release Date: 2005-02-14

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Privilege escalation
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Gentoo Linux 1.x


CVE reference:CVE-2005-0155 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2005-0156 (Secunia mirror)

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Description:
Gentoo has issued an update for perl. This fixes two vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.

For more information:
SA14120

Solution:
Update "dev-lang/perl" to version 5.8.6-r3, 5.8.5-r4, 5.8.4-r3, or 5.8.2-r3.

Original Advisory:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200502-13.xml

Other References:
SA14120:
http://secunia.com/advisories/14120/



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