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Fedora 38 : perl-Data-UUID (2024-08bb549a36)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 192641

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 38 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-08bb549a36 advisory.

 - Perl module Data::UUID from CPAN version 1.219 vulnerable to symlink attacks (CVE-2013-4184)

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-Data-UUID package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-08bb549a36

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 192641

File Name: fedora_2024-08bb549a36.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/27/2024

Updated: 3/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

Temporal Score: 2.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-4184

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:38, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:perl-data-uuid

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/19/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/30/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4184