Secunia Security Advisory - IBM has acknowledged a vulnerability in the Digest module for Perl included in AIX, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise an application using the vulnerable module.
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TITLE:
IBM AIX Perl Digest Module "Digest->new()" Code Injection
Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA46976
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RELEASE DATE:
2011-11-23
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DESCRIPTION:
IBM has acknowledged a vulnerability in the Digest module for Perl
included in AIX, which can be exploited by malicious people to
compromise an application using the vulnerable module.
For more information:
SA46279
SOLUTION:
Apply interim fixes or APARs (please see the vendor's advisory for
more information).
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
IBM:
http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/perl_advisory2.asc
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