openSUSE Security Update : perl (openSUSE-2018-400)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 109385
New! Plugin Severity Now Using CVSS v3
The calculated severity for Plugins has been updated to use CVSS v3 by default. Plugins that do not have a CVSS v3 score will fall back to CVSS v2 for calculating severity. Severity display preferences can be toggled in the settings dropdown.
Synopsis
The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.Description
This update for perl fixes the following issues :Security issues fixed :
- CVE-2018-6913: Fixed space calculation issues in pp_pack.c (bsc#1082216).
- CVE-2018-6798: Fixed heap buffer overflow in regexec.c (bsc#1082233).
- CVE-2018-6797: Fixed sharp-s regexp overflow (bsc#1082234).
This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.
Solution
Update the affected perl packages.See Also
https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1082216
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 109385
File Name: openSUSE-2018-400.nasl
Version: 1.5
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 4/27/2018
Updated: 1/19/2021
Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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:42.3
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Patch Publication Date: 4/26/2018