Package : perl Vulnerability : design flaws Problem type : local Debian-specific: no CVE Id(s) : CVE-2008-5302 CVE-2008-5303 Debian Bug : 286905 286922 479317
The perl update in DSA-1678-1 contains a regression which is triggered by some Perl scripts which have changed into the directory tree removed by File::Path::rmtree. In particular, this happens if File::Temp::tempdir is used. This new update corrects this regression.
For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 5.8.8-7etch6.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you upgrade your perl packages.
Upgrade instructions - --------------------
wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below:
apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 alias etch - -------------------------------