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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2011-4116

low Nessus Plugin ID 217423

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - _is_safe in the File::Temp module for Perl does not properly handle symlinks. (CVE-2011-4116)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-4116

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-4116

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 217423

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2011_4116.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/3/2025

Updated: 8/18/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.5

Temporal Score: 1.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-4116

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-archive-tar, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-ipc-cmd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-io-compress-zlib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-time-piece, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-io-compress-bzip2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-pod-simple, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-extutils-cbuilder, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-io-compress-base, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-module-load-conditional, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-cpan, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-cgi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-params-check, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-extutils-makemaker, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-module-loaded, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-parent, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-log-message-simple, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-log-message, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-io-zlib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-compress-zlib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-module-pluggable, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-test-harness, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-archive-extract, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-locale-maketext-simple, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-digest-sha, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-extutils-embed, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:perl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-time-hires, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-test-simple, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-pod-escapes, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-extutils-parsexs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-version, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-compress-raw-bzip2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-parse-cpan-meta, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-cpanplus, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-compress-raw-zlib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-module-corelist, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-object-accessor, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-suidperl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-file-fetch, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-module-load, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-module-build, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-term-ui, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-package-constants

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/31/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-4116