- Issued:
- 2009-04-02
- Updated:
- 2009-04-02
RHBA-2009:0406 - perl bug fix update
Synopsis
perl bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Topic
An updated perl package that fixes a bug is now available.
Description
Perl is a high-level programming language with roots in C, sed, awk and shell scripting. Perl is good at handling processes and files, and is especially good at handling text.
These updated perl packages provide a fix for the following bug:
- the Time::HiRes Perl module is incompatible with the latest version of glibc, which caused setitimer errors to be written to /var/log/dmesg when the alarm() function of HiRes was called with a time greater than one second. With this update, the Time::HiRes module calls setitimer with the correct parameters and no error messages are written to /var/log/dmesg, thus resolving this issue.
Users are advised to upgrade to these updated perl packages, which resolve these issues and add this enhancement.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259
Affected Products
| Product | Version | Arch |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support | 5.3 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support | 5.3 | ia64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support | 5.3 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian | 5 | ppc |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support | 5.3 | ppc |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems | 5 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support | 5.3 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 5 | i386 |
| 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 Server from RHUI | 5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI | 5 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS | 5.3 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS | 5.3 | ia64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS | 5.3 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 5 | i386 |
Updated Packages
- perl-suidperl-5.8.8-18.el5_3.1.i386.rpm
- perl-5.8.8-18.el5_3.1.i386.rpm
- perl-5.8.8-18.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm
- perl-5.8.8-18.el5_3.1.ppc.rpm
- perl-suidperl-5.8.8-18.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm
- perl-suidperl-5.8.8-18.el5_3.1.ppc.rpm
- perl-suidperl-5.8.8-18.el5_3.1.ia64.rpm
- perl-5.8.8-18.el5_3.1.ia64.rpm
- perl-5.8.8-18.el5_3.1.s390x.rpm
- perl-5.8.8-18.el5_3.1.src.rpm
- perl-suidperl-5.8.8-18.el5_3.1.s390x.rpm
Fixes
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Additional information
- The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
- Offline Security Data data is available for integration with other systems. See Offline Security Data API to get started.