Latest upstream release: 2.000 Current version in Fedora Rawhide: 1.99 URL: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Socket/ Please consult the package updates policy before you issue an update to a stable branch: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Updates_Policy More information about the service that created this bug can be found at: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upstream_release_monitoring
This fixes a buffer overflow (https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=75623) and it will go into older Fedoras too.
Fixed as perl-Socket-2.000-1.fc18 in F18.
perl-Socket-2.000-2.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/perl-Socket-2.000-2.fc17
perl-Socket-2.000-1.fc16 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 16. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/perl-Socket-2.000-1.fc16
Package perl-Socket-2.000-2.fc17: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 17 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing perl-Socket-2.000-2.fc17' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-3814/perl-Socket-2.000-2.fc17 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
perl-Socket-2.000-2.fc17 has been pushed to the Fedora 17 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
perl-Socket-2.000-1.fc16 has been pushed to the Fedora 16 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.