[SECURITY] Fedora 15 Update: perl-Config-IniFiles-2.72-1.fc15

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2012-7802
2012-05-13 01:32:58
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Name        : perl-Config-IniFiles
Product     : Fedora 15
Version     : 2.72
Release     : 1.fc15
URL         : http://search.cpan.org/dist/Config-IniFiles/
Summary     : A module for reading .ini-style configuration files
Description :
Config::IniFiles provides a way to have readable configuration files
outside your Perl script. Configurations can be imported (inherited,
stacked,...), sections can be grouped, and settings can be accessed
from a tied hash.

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Update Information:

Update to 2.72, fixes CVE-2012-2451.
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ChangeLog:

* Fri May 11 2012 Tom Callaway <spot at fedoraproject.org> - 2.72-1
- update to 2.72
- notable fix: SECURITY BUG FIX: Config::IniFiles used to write 
  to a temporary filename with a predictable name 
  ("${filename}-new") which opens the door for potential
  exploits.
  Fixes CVE-2012-2451
* Tue Feb 21 2012 Tom Callaway <spot at fedoraproject.org> - 2.68-3
- add missing Requires: perl(IO::Scalar) >= 2.109 (bz 791078)
* Fri Jan 13 2012 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng at lists.fedoraproject.org> - 2.68-2
- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_17_Mass_Rebuild
* Tue Aug 23 2011 Tom Callaway <spot at fedoraproject.org> - 2.68-1
- update to 2.68
* Fri Jun 17 2011 Marcela Mašláňová <mmaslano at redhat.com> - 2.58-5
- Perl mass rebuild
* Thu Jun  9 2011 Marcela Mašláňová <mmaslano at redhat.com> - 2.58-4
- Perl 5.14 mass rebuild
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #818430 - CVE-2012-2451 perl-Config-IniFiles: insecure temporary file usage [fedora-all]
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=818430
  [ 2 ] Bug #818431 - CVE-2012-2451 perl-Config-IniFiles: insecure temporary file usage [epel-all]
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=818431
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use 
su -c 'yum update perl-Config-IniFiles' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

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