Secunia Security Advisory - Debian has issued an update for perl. This fixes a weakness, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security features.
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TITLE:
Debian update for perl
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA44983
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DESCRIPTION:
Debian has issued an update for perl. This fixes a weakness, which
can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security
features.
For more information:
SA43921
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via the apt-get package manager.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
DSA-2265-1:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2011/msg00135.html
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