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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 / 25.04 : File::Find::Rule vulnerability (USN-7620-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 241507

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 / 25.04 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-7620-1 advisory.

 Kevin Ryde discovered that File::Find::Rule incorrectly handled certain file names. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

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 libfile-find-rule-perl package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7620-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 241507

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7620-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/8/2025

Updated: 7/8/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous 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: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-10007

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libfile-find-rule-perl, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.10

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/7/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/5/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-10007

USN: 7620-1