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                           SGI Security Advisory

 Title     : Perl "Safe.pm" vulnerability
 Number    : 20030606-01-A
 Date      : June 17, 2003
 Reference : SGI BUG 876818
 Reference : CVE CAN-2002-1323
 Reference : BUGTRAQ ID# 6111 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6111
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SGI acknowledges the perl "Safe.pm" vulnerability reported by perl.org at:
http://use.perl.org/articles/02/10/06/1118222.shtml?tid=5 and is currently
investigating.

This issue was assigned the following CVE:
 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2002-1323

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