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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-31484

high Nessus Plugin ID 226562

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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.

 - CPAN.pm before 2.35 does not verify TLS certificates when downloading distributions over HTTPS.
 (CVE-2023-31484)

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-2023-31484

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-31484

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 226562

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2023_31484.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/5/2025

Updated: 8/31/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-31484

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.3

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-module-loaded, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-macros, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-package-constants, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-core, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-module-corelist, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-object-accessor, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-tests, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-module-corelist, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-cpan, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-extutils-cbuilder, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-extutils-embed, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-cpan, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-locale-maketext-simple, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-io-zlib, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-object-accessor, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-pod-escapes, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-time-piece, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:perl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-module-loaded, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-extutils-install, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-package-constants, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-time-piece, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-tests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-io-zlib, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-extutils-cbuilder, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-extutils-embed, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-pod-escapes, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-extutils-install, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-locale-maketext-simple, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-macros

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/28/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-31484