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Amazon Linux 2 : perl (ALAS-2023-2034)

high Nessus Plugin ID 175949

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of perl installed on the remote host is prior to 5.16.3-299. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2034 advisory.

 - CPAN.pm before 2.35 does not verify TLS certificates when downloading distributions over HTTPS.
 (CVE-2023-31484)

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

Solution

Run 'yum update perl' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2023-2034.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-31484.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 175949

File Name: al2_ALAS-2023-2034.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/17/2023

Updated: 5/18/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-31484

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/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:amazon:linux:perl-locale-maketext-simple, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perl-core, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perl-object-accessor, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perl-extutils-embed, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perl-extutils-install, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perl-module-corelist, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perl, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perl-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perl-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perl-package-constants, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perl-cpan, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perl-io-zlib, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perl-time-piece, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perl-macros, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perl-libs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perl-pod-escapes, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perl-extutils-cbuilder, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perl-tests, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perl-module-loaded

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/11/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/29/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-31484