USN-3684-1: Perl vulnerability

13 June 2018

Perl could be made to overwrite arbitrary files if it received a specially crafted archive file.

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It was discovered that Perl incorrectly handled certain archive files.
An attacker could possibly use this to overwrite arbitrary files.

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The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

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