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| author | Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> | 2001-05-14 15:19:21 +0000 |
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| committer | Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> | 2001-05-14 15:19:21 +0000 |
| commit | 03739d21c9232cc6b91282bb1936392275192e80 (patch) | |
| tree | f466a4670b8d6314993a90a4154fb9c44d47273c /pod/perlfaq1.pod | |
| parent | a3a277541924c1e0955248831d8188d9947fd5e3 (diff) | |
| download | perl-03739d21c9232cc6b91282bb1936392275192e80.tar.gz | |
Document the deprecatedness of suidperl.
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@10102
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diff --git a/pod/perlfaq1.pod b/pod/perlfaq1.pod index e9ac168408..ad186264e6 100644 --- a/pod/perlfaq1.pod +++ b/pod/perlfaq1.pod @@ -306,6 +306,10 @@ In August 2000 in all Linux distributions a new security problem was found in the optional 'suidperl' (not built or installed by default) in all the Perl branches 5.6, 5.005, and 5.004, see http://www.cpan.org/src/5.0/sperl-2000-08-05/ +Perl maintenance releases 5.6.1 and 5.8.0 have this security hole closed. +Most, if not all, Linux distribution have patches for this +vulnerability available, see http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/ , +but the most recommendable way is to upgrade to at least Perl 5.6.1. =head1 AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT |