Dear OpenXPKI users and developers,

We have identified a security problem in OpenXPKI that could possibly be 
exploited remotely (depending on setup and configuration). Unfortunately, the 
problem cannot easily be fixed with just a few lines of code. Instead, we have 
developed a proper solution for the problem.

This solution requires installation of an additional dependency (one additional 
Perl module) and has been thoroughly tested on our side. We can safely say it 
works without a problem on a production system (verified on Linux x86 (64 and 
32 bit), Solaris 10 (Sparc) and FreeBSD).

We strongly recommend all users running OpenXPKI to apply the patch as soon as 
possible. 

Prior to upgrading to the patched version, make sure you install the CPAN 
module Proc::SafeExec. This module has no other dependencies, so installing it 
should not cause problems.

Patching the system can either be done by 
- upgrading the OpenXPKI core package to the latest SVN or Git release (SVN 
release 1570 or higher; any Git branch that includes commit 
ede04d9be3627030102a816420511210c521a0e6) or by
- applying the attached patch to your installation.

The attached patch should apply cleanly to any reasonably recent installation 
of OpenXPKI.

Thanks to Alex for the fix itself, Scott, Joachim, Julia and Sergei for their 
input and help in testing the patch.

We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience,

Martin

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