SB2011110902 - Amazon Linux AMI update for perl

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SB2011110902 - Amazon Linux AMI update for perl

Published: November 9, 2011

Security Bulletin ID SB2011110902
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2011-2939)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

Off-by-one error in the decode_xs function in Unicode/Unicode.xs in the Encode module before 2.44, as used in Perl before 5.15.6, might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted Unicode string, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.


2) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2011-3597)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

Eval injection vulnerability in the Digest module before 1.17 for Perl allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the new constructor.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References