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AlmaLinux 8 : perl (ALSA-2025:11805)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 242938

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Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2025:11805 advisory.

 * perl: Perl threads have a working directory race condition where file operations may target unintended paths (CVE-2025-40909)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux 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 packages.

See Also

https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2025-11805.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:11805

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 242938

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2025-11805.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 7/28/2025

Updated: 7/28/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.2

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-40909

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:perl-io, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:perl-module-loaded, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:perl-libnetcfg, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:perl-extutils-embed, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:perl-macros, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::appstream, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:perl-time-piece, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:perl-memoize, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:perl-math-complex, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:perl-interpreter, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:perl-devel-selfstubber, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:perl-open, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::nfv, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:perl-errno, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:perl-net-ping, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::powertools, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:perl-utils, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:perl-libs, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:perl-pod-html, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:perl-tests, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:perl-test, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:perl-devel-peek, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::realtime, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:perl-selfloader, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::baseos, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:perl, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:perl-attribute-handlers, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:perl-extutils-miniperl, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:perl-locale-maketext-simple, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:perl-io-zlib, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:perl-devel

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/AlmaLinux/release, Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/28/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/30/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-40909

CWE: 362, 426

RHSA: 2025:11805