SuSE 11 Security Update : Perl (SAT Patch Number 994)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 41448

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

A Buffer overflow in perl, in the base Compress::Raw::Zlib perl module has been fixed. (CVE-2009-1391)

Additionaly three non security bugs were fixed.

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 994.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=489114

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=493978

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=498425

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=511241

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-1391.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 41448

File Name: suse_11_perl-090610.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/24/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:perl, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:perl-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:perl-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:perl-doc, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 6/10/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-1391

CWE: 189