Description: Ubuntu has issued an update for perl. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially to compromise a vulnerable Perl application.
Changelog: 2005-12-13: Vendor released updated packages. The previous packages reportedly did not completely fix the issue.
2005-12-22: Updated "Critical" and "Description" sections.
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