Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2014-4330

critical Nessus Plugin ID 218299

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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.

- The Dumper method in Data::Dumper before 2.154, as used in Perl 5.20.1 and earlier, allows context- dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and crash) via an Array-Reference with many nested Array-References, which triggers a large number of recursive calls to the DD_dump function.
(CVE-2014-4330)

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

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 218299

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2014_4330.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/4/2025

Updated: 9/29/2025

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: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-4330

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/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:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-module-load-conditional, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-cpan, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-file-fetch, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-log-message, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-cgi, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-cpan, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-module-pluggable, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-io-compress-base, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-time-hires, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-locale-maketext-simple, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-extutils-cbuilder, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-object-accessor, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-pod-escapes, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-module-build, 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-pod-simple, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-compress-zlib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-io-compress-bzip2, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-archive-extract, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-log-message, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-params-check, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-data-dumper, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-log-message-simple, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-ipc-cmd, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-module-load-conditional, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-io-zlib, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-extutils-makemaker, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-module-pluggable, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-archive-tar, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, 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-params-check, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-extutils-makemaker, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-parent, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-parent, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-module-loaded, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-module-loaded, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-module-load, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-suidperl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-parse-cpan-meta, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-test-harness, 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-digest-sha, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-locale-maketext-simple, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-extutils-embed, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-test-simple, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-compress-raw-bzip2, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-data-dumper, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-time-hires, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-parse-cpan-meta, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-io-compress-base, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-cpanplus, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-compress-raw-bzip2, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-extutils-parsexs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-extutils-cbuilder, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-term-ui, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-module-corelist, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-time-piece, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-version, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-pod-escapes, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-io-compress-zlib, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-package-constants, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-cpanplus, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-log-message-simple, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-cgi, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-digest-sha, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-io-compress-bzip2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-extutils-parsexs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-extutils-embed, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-module-corelist, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-core, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-version, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-compress-raw-zlib, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-test-simple, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-pod-simple, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-package-constants, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-term-ui, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-module-build, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-object-accessor, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-suidperl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-compress-raw-zlib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-file-fetch, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-module-load

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: 9/25/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-4330

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