[ic] Perl advisory

[Paul Vinciguerra]

I just recieved the following advisory and was wondering the impact on IC of
these vulnerabilities.

-Paul

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Two security issues have been found in Perl that affect the Perl packages
shipped with Red Hat Linux:

When safe.pm versions 2.0.7 and earlier are used with Perl 5.8.0 and
earlier, it is possible for an attacker to break out of safe compartments
within Safe::reval and Safe::rdo by using a redefined @_ variable. This is
due to the fact that the redefined @_ variable is not reset between
successive calls. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project
(cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2002-1323 to this issue. NOTE:
This issue does not affect the Perl packages which shipped with Red Hat
Linux 9.

A cross-site scripting vulnerability was discovered in the start_form()
function of CGI.pm. The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to insert a
Web script via a URL fed into the form's action parameter. The Common
Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name
CAN-2003-0615 to this issue.

Users of Perl are advised to upgrade to the packages contained within this
erratum. For Red Hat Linux 7.1, 7.2, and 7.3, Perl version 5.6.1 contains
backported security patches addressing these issues. For Red Hat Linux 8.0
and 9, Perl version 5.8.0 is supplied, which is not vulnerable to issue
CAN-2003-1323 and which contains a backported security patch addressing
issue CAN-2003-0615.