[Security Announce] [ MDKSA-2006:131 ] - Updated perl-Net-Server packages fix format string vulnerability

Posted by Bob on: 07/25/2006 10:42 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

The Mandriva Security Team published a new security update for Mandriva Linux. Here the announcement:

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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDKSA-2006:131
http://www.mandriva.com/security/
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Package : perl-Net-Server
Date : July 25, 2006
Affected: Corporate 3.0
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Problem Description:

Peter Bieringer discovered a flaw in the perl Net::Server module where
the "log" function was not safe against format string exploits in
version 0.87 and earlier.

Updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.
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References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-1127
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Updated Packages:

Corporate 3.0:
33e4382b4ad9bf5a1894298a468895e8 corporate/3.0/RPMS/perl-Net-Server-0.85-3.1.C30mdk.noarch.rpm
9294cea422b1a149b5a13ad4f8824780 corporate/3.0/SRPMS/perl-Net-Server-0.85-3.1.C30mdk.src.rpm

Corporate 3.0/X86_64:
891bb910d688342cf8a9fde373694b70 x86_64/corporate/3.0/RPMS/perl-Net-Server-0.85-3.1.C30mdk.noarch.rpm
9294cea422b1a149b5a13ad4f8824780 x86_64/corporate/3.0/SRPMS/perl-Net-Server-0.85-3.1.C30mdk.src.rpm
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To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

All packages are signed by Mandriva for security. You can obtain the
GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing:

gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at:

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

security_(at)_mandriva.com
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Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
lt;security*mandriva.comgt;
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