Perl module Data::UUID from CPAN version 1.219 vulnerable to symlink attacks

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - Perl module Data::UUID from CPAN version 1.219 vulnerable to symlink attacks (CVE-2013-4184)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote Fedora 40 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-3da8ed5be3 advisory.

    This update fixes CVE-2013-4184 (possible symlink attack due to use of predictable temporary file names).
    The module no longer saves state in temporary files at all.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 39 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-a58a7e2388 advisory.

    This update fixes CVE-2013-4184 (possible symlink attack due to use of predictable temporary file names).
    The module no longer saves state in temporary files at all.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 38 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-08bb549a36 advisory.

    This update fixes CVE-2013-4184 (possible symlink attack due to use of predictable temporary file names).
    The module no longer saves state in temporary files at all.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
217915	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2013-4184	Nessus	Misc.	medium
194716	Fedora 40 : perl-Data-UUID (2024-3da8ed5be3)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
192644	Fedora 39 : perl-Data-UUID (2024-a58a7e2388)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
192641	Fedora 38 : perl-Data-UUID (2024-08bb549a36)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium

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CVE-2013-4184

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