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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Perl vulnerability (USN-5689-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 166266

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5689-1 advisory.

 - CPAN 2.28 allows Signature Verification Bypass. (CVE-2020-16156)

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 packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5689-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 166266

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5689-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/19/2022

Updated: 7/10/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-16156

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcgi-fast-perl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libperl5.18, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:perl-modules-5.26, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:perl-modules-5.22, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:perl-base, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:perl-modules-5.34, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libperl5.30, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:perl-debug, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libperl5.22, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:perl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:perl-modules, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:perl-modules-5.30, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libperl-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libperl5.26, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libperl5.34, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/19/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/13/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-16156

USN: 5689-1