Mandriva: Updated perl packages fix denial of service


 
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Old 05-12-2008
Mandriva: Updated perl packages fix denial of service

LinuxSecurity.com: A double free vulnerability in Perl 5.8.8 and earlier versions, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) via a crafted regular expression containing UTF8 characters. The updated packages have been patched to prevent this.

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GUPNP_DEVICE_INFO_GET_SERVICE(3)					 1					  GUPNP_DEVICE_INFO_GET_SERVICE(3)

gupnp_device_info_get_service - Get the service with type

SYNOPSIS
resource gupnp_device_info_get_service (resource $root_device, string $type) DESCRIPTION
Get the service with type or false if no such device was found. PARAMETERS
o $root_device - A root device identifier, returned by gupnp_root_device_new(3). o $type - The type of the service to be retrieved. RETURN VALUES
A service identifier. EXAMPLES
Example #1 Create new UPnP context and get device info service <?php /* Create the UPnP context */ $context = gupnp_context_new(); if (!$context) { die("Error creating the GUPnP context "); } /* Create root device */ $location = "/BinaryLight1.xml"; $dev = gupnp_root_device_new($context, $location); /* Set root device is available */ gupnp_root_device_set_available($dev, true); /* Get the switch service from the root device */ $service_type = "urn:schemas-upnp-org:service:SwitchPower:1"; $service = gupnp_device_info_get_service($dev, $service_type); if (!$service) { die("Cannot get SwitchPower1 service "); } ?> PHP Documentation Group GUPNP_DEVICE_INFO_GET_SERVICE(3)