A Perl security update has been released for Ubuntu Linux 4.10

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-72-1 February 02, 2005
perl vulnerabilities
CAN-2005-0155, CAN-2005-0156
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A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:

Ubuntu 4.10 (Warty Warthog)

The following packages are affected:

perl

The problem can be corrected by upgrading the affected package to version 5.8.4-2ubuntu0.3. In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.



Details follow:

Two exploitable vulnerabilities involving setuid-enabled perl scripts have been discovered. The package "perl-suid" provides a wrapper around perl which allows to use setuid-root perl scripts, i.e. user-callable Perl scripts which have full root privileges.

Previous versions allowed users to overwrite arbitrary files by setting the PERLIO_DEBUG environment variable and calling an arbitrary setuid-root perl script. The file that PERLIO_DEBUG points to was then overwritten by Perl debug messages. This did not allow precise control over the file content, but could destroy important data. PERLIO_DEBUG is now ignored for setuid scripts. (CAN-2005-0155)

In addition, calling a setuid-root perl script with a very long path caused a buffer overflow if PERLIO_DEBUG was set. This buffer overflow could be exploited to execute arbitrary files with full root privileges. (CAN-2005-0156)

Source archives:

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/perl/perl_5.8.4-2ubuntu0.
3.diff.gz
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http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/perl/perl_5.8.4-2ubuntu0.
3.dsc
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http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/perl/perl_5.8.4.orig.tar.
gz
Size/MD5: 12094233 912050a9cb6b0f415b76ba56052fb4cf

Architecture independent packages:

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/p/perl/libcgi-fast-perl
_5.8.4-2ubuntu0.3_all.deb
Size/MD5: 36762 3187be1f92d688e34fca60c46f688ca9
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/perl/perl-doc_5.8.4-2ubun
tu0.3_all.deb
Size/MD5: 7049796 f64050a4658b325918e1d853d0f2cbc0
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/perl/perl-modules_5.8.4-2
ubuntu0.3_all.deb
Size/MD5: 2181384 b2a50b4f2dde034430bc84bbabc791cc

amd64 architecture (Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon)

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/perl/libperl-dev_5.8.4-2u
buntu0.3_amd64.deb
Size/MD5: 605434 2ca037b813fe14be47cafa2f27acd77b
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/perl/libperl5.8_5.8.4-2ub
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Size/MD5: 1032 2bb8737a384a3786171d2ae2a3ed4a7a
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/perl/perl-base_5.8.4-2ubu
ntu0.3_amd64.deb
Size/MD5: 787086 e5bb5502b6e90a29c74acc032b9e55c5
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/p/perl/perl-debug_5.8.4
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http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/perl/perl-suid_5.8.4-2ubu
ntu0.3_amd64.deb
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http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/perl/perl_5.8.4-2ubuntu0.
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Size/MD5: 3834226 442c1ace9f9ea25dc24075c37ee2365b

i386 architecture (x86 compatible Intel/AMD)

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/perl/libperl-dev_5.8.4-2u
buntu0.3_i386.deb
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http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/perl/libperl5.8_5.8.4-2ub
untu0.3_i386.deb
Size/MD5: 494062 6588b891ea5946652fbfa57529ab63c7
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/perl/perl-base_5.8.4-2ubu
ntu0.3_i386.deb
Size/MD5: 727402 9f372c22dbe904e4986c20db27ca4eab
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/p/perl/perl-debug_5.8.4
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Size/MD5: 3631146 a4e235f9ee4b5b4c00af9681c462f9cb
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/perl/perl-suid_5.8.4-2ubu
ntu0.3_i386.deb
Size/MD5: 30812 70923ad1d98c214f7d74b3fcd33fd8a3
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/perl/perl_5.8.4-2ubuntu0.
3_i386.deb
Size/MD5: 3229674 c1eefcf39facb03157c59a0f87ff7471

powerpc architecture (Apple Macintosh G3/G4/G5)

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/perl/libperl-dev_5.8.4-2u
buntu0.3_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5: 560992 17dd72a903ea7cb68dde0b937c18dbbd
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/perl/libperl5.8_5.8.4-2ub
untu0.3_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5: 1032 b30fdccfa2463633641622427cbcaa73
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/perl/perl-base_5.8.4-2ubu
ntu0.3_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5: 718224 c200522dfa69b9810d66dd94a5102f6f
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/p/perl/perl-debug_5.8.4
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Size/MD5: 3817106 3fbeaca89ae2b2a54adb0b01b282f8bd
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/perl/perl-suid_5.8.4-2ubu
ntu0.3_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5: 30558 606caf5631780c2941118a5bbd6b2fd4
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/perl/perl_5.8.4-2ubuntu0.
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Size/MD5: 3477176 d1e921f275e597dc1b59d6ca5680c07e