USN-2878-1: Perl vulnerability
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2878-1 21st January, 2016 perl vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 15.10 Ubuntu 15.04 Summary Perl incorrectly handled the taint attribute. Software description perl – Practical Extraction and Report Language Details David Golden discovered that the canonpath function in the Perl File::Specmodule did not properly preserve the taint attribute. An attacker couldpossibly use this issue to bypass the taint protection mechanism. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version: Ubuntu 15.10: perl 5.20.2-6ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 15.04: perl 5.20.2-2ubuntu0.1 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References CVE-2015-8607 Source: ubuntu-usn