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Bug#810799: libcgi-session-perl: Perl DSA-3441-1 exposes taint bug in CGI::Session::Driver::file

From Chris Boot <crb@tiger-computing.co.uk>
Newsgroups linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.security
Subject Bug#810799: libcgi-session-perl: Perl DSA-3441-1 exposes taint bug in CGI::Session::Driver::file
Date 2016-01-12 14:20 +0100
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On 12/01/16 12:28, Chris Boot wrote:
[snip]
> Forwarded: https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=80346
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> With Perl upgraded from 5.20.2-3+deb8u1 to 5.20.2-3+deb8u2, our
> installation of TWiki (http://twiki.org/) no longer functions. This
> happens due to CGI::Session::Driver::file complaining about taint.

I'm bringing this bug to the attention of the security team, as it has
only come to light since the Jessie DSA of Perl (DSA-3441-1), so it's a
stable security regression.

Regards,
Chris

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Bug#810799: libcgi-session-perl: Perl DSA-3441-1 exposes taint bug in CGI::Session::Driver::file Chris Boot <crb@tiger-computing.co.uk> - 2016-01-12 13:50 +0100
  Bug#810799: libcgi-session-perl: Perl DSA-3441-1 exposes taint bug in CGI::Session::Driver::file Chris Boot <crb@tiger-computing.co.uk> - 2016-01-12 14:20 +0100
    Bug#810799: libcgi-session-perl: Perl DSA-3441-1 exposes taint bug in CGI::Session::Driver::file Dominic Hargreaves <dom@earth.li> - 2016-01-12 14:50 +0100
      Bug#810799: libcgi-session-perl: Perl DSA-3441-1 exposes taint bug in CGI::Session::Driver::file Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org> - 2016-01-12 16:40 +0100
        Bug#810799: libcgi-session-perl: Perl DSA-3441-1 exposes taint bug in CGI::Session::Driver::file Chris Boot <crb@tiger-computing.co.uk> - 2016-01-12 18:40 +0100
      Bug#810799: libcgi-session-perl: Perl DSA-3441-1 exposes taint bug in CGI::Session::Driver::file Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org> - 2016-01-12 23:40 +0100
        Bug#810799: libcgi-session-perl: Perl DSA-3441-1 exposes taint bug in CGI::Session::Driver::file Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org> - 2016-01-14 23:10 +0100
      Bug#810799: libcgi-session-perl: Perl DSA-3441-1 exposes taint bug in CGI::Session::Driver::file Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org> - 2016-01-15 16:20 +0100

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