Debian DLA-1507-1 : libapache2-mod-perl2 security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 117593

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

Jan Ingvoldstad discovered that libapache2-mod-perl2 allows attackers to execute arbitrary Perl code by placing it in a user-owned .htaccess file, because (contrary to the documentation) there is no configuration option that permits Perl code for the administrator's control of HTTP request processing without also permitting unprivileged users to run Perl code in the context of the user account that runs Apache HTTP Server processes.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', this problem has been fixed in version 2.0.9~1624218-2+deb8u3.

We recommend that you upgrade your libapache2-mod-perl2 packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 117593

File Name: debian_DLA-1507.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 9/19/2018

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libapache2-mod-perl2-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libapache2-mod-perl2-doc, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libapache2-mod-perl2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 9/18/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2767

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