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                         Patch Date: 2012-10-12


This document provides the following information:

   * PATCH NAME
   * PACKAGES AFFECTED BY THE PATCH
   * BASE PRODUCT VERSIONS FOR THE PATCH
   * OPERATING SYSTEMS SUPPORTED BY THE PATCH
   * INCIDENTS FIXED BY THE PATCH
   * INSTALLATION PRE-REQUISITES
   * INSTALLING THE PATCH
   * REMOVING THE PATCH


PATCH NAME
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Perl 5.1 P-patch 1


PACKAGES AFFECTED BY THE PATCH
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VRTSperl


BASE PRODUCT VERSIONS FOR THE PATCH
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   * Veritas Cluster Server 5.1
   * Veritas Cluster Server 5.1 SP1
   * Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC 5.1
   * Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC 5.1 SP1
   * Veritas Storage Foundation Cluster File System 5.1
   * Veritas Storage Foundation Cluster File System 5.1 SP1
   * Veritas Storage Foundation 5.1
   * Veritas Storage Foundation 5.1 SP1
   * Veritas Storage Foundation High Availability 5.1
   * Veritas Storage Foundation High Availability 5.1 SP1
   * Veritas Authentication Service 5.1
   * Veritas Authentication Service 5.1 SP1


OPERATING SYSTEMS SUPPORTED BY THE PATCH
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Solaris 9 SPARC
Solaris 10 SPARC


INCIDENTS FIXED BY THE PATCH
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This patch fixes the following Symantec incidents:

Patch ID: 149700-01

* 2941980 (Tracking ID: 2941980)

SYMPTOM:
iA flaw was reported in perl Digest module's "Digest->new()" function, which did not properly sanitize input before using it in an eval() call, which could possibly be exploited to inject and execute arbitrary perl code.

DESCRIPTION:
Eval injection in the Digest module before 1.17 for Perl allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the new constructor.

RESOLUTION:
Source change


INSTALLING THE PATCH
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patchadd 149700-01


REMOVING THE PATCH
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patchrm 149700-01


SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
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NONE


OTHERS
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NONE