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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2016-1238

high Nessus Plugin ID 219255

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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.

 - (1) cpan/Archive-Tar/bin/ptar, (2) cpan/Archive-Tar/bin/ptardiff, (3) cpan/Archive-Tar/bin/ptargrep, (4) cpan/CPAN/scripts/cpan, (5) cpan/Digest-SHA/shasum, (6) cpan/Encode/bin/enc2xs, (7) cpan/Encode/bin/encguess, (8) cpan/Encode/bin/piconv, (9) cpan/Encode/bin/ucmlint, (10) cpan/Encode/bin/unidump, (11) cpan/ExtUtils-MakeMaker/bin/instmodsh, (12) cpan/IO-Compress/bin/zipdetails, (13) cpan/JSON-PP/bin/json_pp, (14) cpan/Test-Harness/bin/prove, (15) dist/ExtUtils- ParseXS/lib/ExtUtils/xsubpp, (16) dist/Module-CoreList/corelist, (17) ext/Pod-Html/bin/pod2html, (18) utils/c2ph.PL, (19) utils/h2ph.PL, (20) utils/h2xs.PL, (21) utils/libnetcfg.PL, (22) utils/perlbug.PL, (23) utils/perldoc.PL, (24) utils/perlivp.PL, and (25) utils/splain.PL in Perl 5.x before 5.22.3-RC2 and 5.24 before 5.24.1-RC2 do not properly remove . (period) characters from the end of the includes directory array, which might allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse module under the current working directory. (CVE-2016-1238)

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-2016-1238

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1238

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 219255

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2016_1238.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/4/2025

Updated: 9/3/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-1238

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-extutils-install, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-locale-maketext-simple, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-extutils-install, 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-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-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-cgi, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-cpan, 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: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, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-tests, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-log-message, 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:centos:centos:perl-parent, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-parent, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-module-loaded, 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-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-params-check, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-extutils-makemaker, 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:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-test-simple, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-compress-raw-bzip2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-time-hires, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-module-loaded, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-tests, 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-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-extutils-embed, 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-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: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:canonical:ubuntu_linux:perl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-parse-cpan-meta, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-io-compress-base, 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: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, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-object-accessor, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-suidperl, 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: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-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-macros, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-macros

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/26/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-1238