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AusCERT Update AU-2008.0026 - [Debian]
New perl packages fix privilege escalation
22 December 2008

        AusCERT Update Summary
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Product:              perl
Publisher:            Debian
Operating System:     Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
Impact:               Create Arbitrary Files
                      Delete Arbitrary Files
Access:               Existing Account
CVE Names:            CVE-2008-5303 CVE-2008-5302

Ref:                  ESB-2008.1085

Original Bulletin:    http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1678

Please note that Debian has re-released this package to fix a regression issue.
This affects Debian packages of the perl fix only.

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