RHEL 6 : perl (RHSA-2011:1424)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 56709

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for perl.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2011:1424 advisory.

- Perl decode_xs heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-2011-2939)

- Perl Digest improper control of generation of code (CVE-2011-3597)

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

Solution

Update the RHEL perl package based on the guidance in RHSA-2011:1424.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 56709

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2011-1424.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 11/4/2011

Updated: 4/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-3597

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-archive-extract, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-archive-tar, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-cgi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-cpan, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-cpanplus, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-compress-raw-zlib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-compress-zlib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-digest-sha, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-extutils-cbuilder, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-extutils-embed, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-extutils-makemaker, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-extutils-parsexs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-file-fetch, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-io-compress-base, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-io-compress-zlib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-io-zlib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-ipc-cmd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-locale-maketext-simple, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-log-message, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-log-message-simple, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-module-build, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-module-corelist, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-module-load, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-module-load-conditional, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-module-loaded, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-module-pluggable, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-object-accessor, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-package-constants, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-params-check, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-parse-cpan-meta, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-pod-escapes, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-pod-simple, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-term-ui, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-test-harness, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-test-simple, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-time-hires, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-time-piece, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-parent, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-suidperl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-version, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/3/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/13/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2939, CVE-2011-3597

BID: 49858, 49911

CWE: 122

RHSA: 2011:1424

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