[SECURITY] [DSA 3441-1] perl security update

------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-3441-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso January 11, 2016 https://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 3441-1 (perl - security update)

David Golden of MongoDB discovered that File::Spec::canonpath in Perl returned untainted strings even if passed tainted input. This defect undermines taint propagation, which is sometimes used to ensure that unvalidated user input does not reach sensitive code. The oldstable distribution wheezy i...

DSA-3441-1 perl - security update

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p5-PathTools -- File::Spec::canonpath loses taint

Ricardo Signes reports: Beginning in PathTools 3.47 and/or perl 5.20.0, the File::Spec::canonpath routine returned untained strings even if passed tainted input. This defect undermines the guarantee of taint propagation, which is sometimes used to ensure that unvalidated user input does not reach...