Re: old perl vulnerabilitiy

Thank you. Now it's fixed.

RS> On (03/15/13 17:30), freebsd@tern.ru wrote:
>>Hello Freebsd-security,
>>
>>I've got portaudit alarm on perl-5.8.9_7 with regard to
>>
>>perl -- denial of service via algorithmic complexity attack on hashing routines.
>>Reference: http://portaudit.FreeBSD.org/68c1f75b-8824-11e2-9996-c48508086173.html
>>
>>But on the other server I have perl-threaded-5.8.9_7
>>and portaudit thinks that it is OK (no problem)
>>
>>Is it correct?
>>It seems to me that threaded perl also should have the same problem.
>>

RS> It does have the same issue.  I've corrected the VuXML entry and you
RS> should see updated portaudit results within 30 minutes.  Your 5.8.9
RS> perl-threaded installation should also show up as vulnerable to the same
RS> issue.

RS> Thanks!
RS> -r

>>Please advise.
>>
>>PS.  I  know  that  it  is  old  and "unsupported" but I don't want to
>>  upgrade   without  serious  reason.  And, any way, the "behavior" of
>>  portaudit seems to me not correct.
>>
>>
>>With best regards,
>>Alexandre Krasnov.
>>
>>
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Alexander Krasnov.

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