Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200501-38 (Perl)

Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200501-38.
Solution
All Perl users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose dev-lang/perl All DBI library users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose dev-perl/DBI http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200501-38 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=75696 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=78634 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79685
Insight
The Perl DBI library and File::Path::rmtree function are vulnerable to symlink attacks.