SuSE 10 Security Update : Perl (ZYPP Patch Number 5444)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 34041

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

Specially crafted regular expressions could crash perl.
(CVE-2008-1927)

Additionally problem in the CGI module was fixed that could result in an endless loop if uploads were cancelled.

Solution

Apply ZYPP patch number 5444.

See Also

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1927.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 34041

File Name: suse_perl-5444.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/24/2008

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:suse:suse_linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/11/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-1927

CWE: 399