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MiracleLinux 8 : perl-CPAN-2.18-402.el8_10 (AXSA:2025-9982:02)

high Nessus Plugin ID 282852

Synopsis

The remote MiracleLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote MiracleLinux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the AXSA:2025-9982:02 advisory.

 * perl-CPAN: Bypass of verification of signatures in CHECKSUMS files (CVE-2020-16156)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux 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 perl-CPAN package.

See Also

https://tsn.miraclelinux.com/en/node/21166

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 282852

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2025-9982.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/13/2026

Updated: 1/13/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-16156

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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:miracle:linux:perl-cpan, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:8

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/4/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/13/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-16156