Debian dsa-6358 : libhttp-daemon-perl - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 321871

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 13 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-6358 advisory.

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-6358-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso June 21, 2026 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : libhttp-daemon-perl CVE ID : CVE-2026-8450 Debian Bug : 1138050

A flaw was discovered in libhttp-daemon-perl, a simple http server class for Perl, which may result in the execution of arbitrary shell commands or file overwrite when processing specially crafted input.

For the stable distribution (trixie), this problem has been fixed in version 6.16-1+deb13u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libhttp-daemon-perl packages.

For the detailed security status of libhttp-daemon-perl please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/libhttp-daemon-perl

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

Mailing list: [email protected]

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian 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

Upgrade the libhttp-daemon-perl packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 321871

File Name: debian_DSA-6358.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 6/21/2026

Updated: 7/3/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.03

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-8450

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libhttp-daemon-perl

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/21/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/27/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-8450

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