Mandrake Linux Advisory: perl-Digest-MD5

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                Mandrake Linux Security Update Advisory
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Package name:           perl-Digest-MD5
Advisory ID:            MDKSA-2002:035
Date:                   May 28th, 2002
Affected versions:      8.2
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Problem Description:

 A bug exists in the UTF8 interaction between the perl-Digest-MD5 module
 and perl that results in UTF8 strings having improper MD5 digests.  The
 2.20 version of the module corrects this problem.
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References:

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Updated Packages:

 Mandrake Linux 8.2:
 0cac821621b1e3db0fa2443259306e98  8.2/RPMS/perl-Digest-MD5-2.20-1.1mdk.i586.rpm
 e6168571314ee03f769677a990ed8aee  8.2/SRPMS/perl-Digest-MD5-2.20-1.1mdk.src.rpm

 Mandrake Linux 8.2/ppc:
 91ead3233943ed91c861dc24ab171fcc  ppc/8.2/RPMS/perl-Digest-MD5-2.20-1.1mdk.ppc.rpm
 e6168571314ee03f769677a990ed8aee  ppc/8.2/SRPMS/perl-Digest-MD5-2.20-1.1mdk.src.rpm
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Bug IDs fixed (see https://qa.mandrakesoft.com for more information):

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If you want to upgrade manually, download the updated package from one 
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Please verify the update prior to upgrading to ensure the integrity of
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Please be aware that sometimes it takes the mirrors a few hours to 
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Type Bits/KeyID     Date       User ID
pub  1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Linux Mandrake Security Team
  <security@linux-mandrake.com>