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Fedora 33 : perl-Net-CIDR-Lite (2021-d0cc9a393f)

high Nessus Plugin ID 148733

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 33 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2021-d0cc9a393f advisory.

 - This update disallows use of IP addresses with leading zeroes in the octet values, which could have been interpreted ambiguously as either octal or decimal values. (FEDORA-2021-d0cc9a393f)

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

Solution

Update the affected perl-Net-CIDR-Lite package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2021-d0cc9a393f

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 148733

File Name: fedora_2021-d0cc9a393f.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/16/2021

Updated: 4/16/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:33, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:perl-net-cidr-lite

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/5/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/5/2021

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