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diff --git a/chapter06/perl.xml b/chapter06/perl.xml index 1ce3a7e05..33ec77102 100644 --- a/chapter06/perl.xml +++ b/chapter06/perl.xml @@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ Gawk, GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, and Sed</seg></seglistitem> <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Perl</title> +<para>A security vulnerability exists in Perl's sprintf function. Apply the +following patch to fix it.</para> + +<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&perl-sprintf-patch;</userinput></screen> + <para>First create a basic <filename>/etc/hosts</filename> file which will be referenced in one of Perl's configuration files as well as being used used by the testsuite if you run that.</para> |