COMMAND

    sperl560

SYSTEMS AFFECTED

    Slackware 7.1

PROBLEM

    A root  exploit was  found in  the /usr/bin/suidperl5.6.0  program
    that  shipped  with  the  Slackware  7.1  perl.tgz package.  It is
    recommended that all users of Slackware 7.1 (and -current) upgrade
    to  the  perl.tgz  package  available  in  the  Slackware -current
    branch.

SOLUTION

    The root exploit in /usr/bin/suidperl5.6.0 has been patched.  Hack
    attempts  are  now  logged  to  /var/log/syslog.  The new perl.tgz
    package is available from:

        ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slakware/d1/