RHBA-2014:1761 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated perl packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 5.

Description

Perl is a high-level programming language that is commonly used for system
administration utilities and web programming.

This update fixes the following bug:

• Prior to this update, faulty adjustments for allowable epoch values led to

integer overflows. As a consequence, calling the Time::Local::timelocal() Perl
function on a 64-bit platform printed a number of warning messages along with
its intended output. With this update, the mentioned adjustments have been
removed and calling Time::Local::timelocal() now prints only the expected
output. (BZ#1155140)

Users of perl are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix this
bug.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 1149375 - Time::Local patch for year 2038 on 64 bit breaks timelocal

CVEs

(none)

References

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