GLSA-200805-17 : Perl: Execution of arbitrary code

medium Nessus Plugin ID 32415

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200805-17 (Perl: Execution of arbitrary code)

Tavis Ormandy and Will Drewry of the Google Security Team have reported a double free vulnerability when processing a crafted regular expression containing UTF-8 characters.
Impact :

A remote attacker could possibly exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Perl users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-lang/perl-5.8.8-r5' All libperl users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=sys-devel/libperl-5.8.8-r2'

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 32415

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200805-17.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 5/22/2008

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:libperl, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:perl, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/20/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-1927

BID: 28928

CWE: 399

GLSA: 200805-17

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