CentOS 3 / 4 / 5 : perl (CESA-2008:0522)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 33171

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated perl packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5.

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Perl is a high-level programming language commonly used for system administration utilities and Web programming.

A flaw was found in Perl's regular expression engine. A specially crafted regular expression with Unicode characters could trigger a buffer overflow, causing Perl to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Perl. (CVE-2008-1927)

Users of perl are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve this issue.

Solution

Update the affected perl packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 33171

File Name: centos_RHSA-2008-0522.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: CentOS Local Security Checks

Published: 6/16/2008

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-cgi, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-cpan, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-db_file, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-suidperl, cpe:/o:centos:centos:3, cpe:/o:centos:centos:4, cpe:/o:centos:centos:5

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/25/2008

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/24/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-1927

BID: 28928

CWE: 399

RHSA: 2008:0522

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