ActiveState announces ActivePerl 5.10.1 build 1007 and ActivePerl

ActiveState is pleased to announce

ActivePerl 5.10.1 build 1007 and
ActivePerl 5.8.9 build 827,

complete, ready-to-install Perl distributions for Windows, Mac OS X,
Linux, Solaris, AIX and HP-UX.

For detailed information or to download these releases, see:

http://www.activestate.com/activeperl


New in ActivePerl 5.10.1 Build 1007
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The following security vulnerability has been addressed:

Perl UTF-8 Regex Processing Bug Lets Users Deny Service

A user can create a specially crafted UTF-8 code that, when processed
by the regular expression parser, will cause the parser to crash.

There has been no CVE requested/assigned for this vulnerability yet,
but it is being listed by SecurityTracker at
http://www.securitytracker.com/alerts/2009/Oct/1023077.html


New in both ActivePerl 5.10.1 Build 1007 and ActivePerl 5.8.9 Build 827
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* perl.exe and wperl.exe now contain an application manifest that tells
Windows Vista, Windows 2008 and Windows 7 to run the executable with
the same privileges as the invoker. This avoids getting redirected to
the "Virtual Store" sandbox while trying to access certain parts of
the filesystem.

The application manifest also requests that version 6 of the Common
Controls library should be used by the application; use the
Win32::VisualStyles module in your application if you want to continue
to use the Windows 2000 style of the dialogs.

* On Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) it is now possible to build Perl
extensions containing XS code.

* On Windows the -t operator now only returns a true value if the
filehandle is really connected to a console. In earlier releases it
would return a true value for any kind of character device, including
the NUL device.

* The new ap-iis-config utility can be used to configure IIS for use
with ActivePerl. It works for all supported Windows versions and
their corresponding IIS releases, including Windows Vista, Windows
Server 2008, and Windows 7.

This tool is also used by the Windows installer to automatically
configure IIS during installation if requested by the installer
settings.

* PPM is now capable of downloading modules from ActivePerl Business
Edition repositories. You can find more information about
ActivePerl Business Edition at http://www.activestate.com/business_edition

* Most bundled modules have been updated to their latest released
version from CPAN. Use the `ppm query` command to check the exact
version included in this release.


Getting Started
===============

Whether you're a first-time user or a long-time fan, our free resources
will help you get the most from ActivePerl.

Mailing list archives:

http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Browse/Threaded/Active Perl


Supported Platforms
===================

ActivePerl includes installers for the following platforms:

- Windows/x86 (32-bit)
- Windows/x64 (64-bit) (aka "AMD64")
- Mac OS X
- Linux/x86 (32 bit)
- Linux/x86_64 (64-bit) (aka "AMD64")

- Solaris/SPARC (32-bit and 64-bit) (Business Edition only)
- Solaris/x86 (32-bit) (Business Edition only)
- HP-UX/PA-RISC (32-bit) (Business Edition only)
- AIX/PowerPC (32-bit) (Business Edition only)

More information about the Business Edition can be found here:

http://www.activestate.com/business_edition/

Custom builds are available in the Enterprise Edition:

http://www.activestate.com/activeperl/enterprise


Feedback
========

Everyone is encouraged to participate in making Perl an even better
language.

For bugs related to ActiveState use:

http://bugs.activestate.com/enter_bug.cgi?product=ActivePerl &version=1006

For bugs related directly to Perl please use the 'perlbug' utility.

Enjoy!


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