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CentOS 9 : perl-HTTP-Tiny-0.076-461.el9

high Nessus Plugin ID 191293

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update for perl-HTTP-Tiny.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the perl- HTTP-Tiny-0.076-461.el9 build changelog.

 - HTTP::Tiny before 0.083, a Perl core module since 5.13.9 and available standalone on CPAN, has an insecure default TLS configuration where users must opt in to verify certificates. (CVE-2023-31486)

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 CentOS 9 Stream perl-HTTP-Tiny package.

See Also

https://kojihub.stream.centos.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=36018

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 191293

File Name: centos9_perl-http-tiny-0_076-461.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/29/2024

Updated: 4/26/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-31486

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-http-tiny-tests, cpe:/a:centos:centos:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-http-tiny

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/7/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/29/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-31486