openSUSE Security Update : perl (openSUSE-SU-2011:1278-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 75994

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update of Perl fixes a heap based buffer overflow in the decode_xs() function (CVE-2011-2939, bnc#728662).

Solution

Update the affected perl packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=728662

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-11/msg00026.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 75994

File Name: suse_11_4_perl-111122.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:perl, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:perl-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:perl-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:perl-base-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:perl-base-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:perl-base-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:perl-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:perl-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:perl-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.4

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/22/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2939