Oracle Linux 8 : perl:5.32 (ELSA-2026-48225)

high Nessus Plugin ID 338305

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2026-48225 advisory.

- Fix CVE-2025-40909 - Clone dirhandles without fchdir

perl-Algorithm-Diff
- Fix CVE-2026-9538: Denial of Service via crafted tar header with large entry size Resolves: RHEL-191908

perl-Archive-Zip
- Resolves arbitrary code execution via attacker-controlled output glob (CVE-2026-48962) Resolves: RHEL-180421

perl-IO-Compress-Lzma

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux 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://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-48225.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 338305

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-48225.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/20/2026

Updated: 8/20/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.67

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-9538

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-algorithm-diff, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-archive-tar, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-archive-zip, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-attribute-handlers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-autodie, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-autoloader, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-autosplit, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-autouse, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-b, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-base, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-benchmark, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-bignum, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-blib, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-carp, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-class-struct, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-compress-bzip2, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-compress-raw-bzip2, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-compress-raw-lzma, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-compress-raw-zlib, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-config-extensions, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-config-perl-v, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-constant, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-cpan-distnameinfo, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-cpan-meta-requirements, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-cpan-meta-yaml, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-cpan-meta, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-cpan, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-data-dumper, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-data-optlist, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-data-section, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-db_file, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-dbm_filter, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-debugger, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-deprecate, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-devel-peek, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-devel-ppport, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-devel-selfstubber, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-devel-size, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-diagnostics, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-digest-md5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-digest-sha, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-digest, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-dirhandle, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-dumpvalue, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-dynaloader, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-encode-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-encode-locale, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-encode, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-encoding-warnings, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-encoding, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-english, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-env, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-errno, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-experimental, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-exporter, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-extutils-cbuilder, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-extutils-command, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-extutils-constant, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-extutils-embed, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-extutils-install, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-extutils-makemaker, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-extutils-manifest, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-extutils-miniperl, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-extutils-mm-utils, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-extutils-parsexs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-fcntl, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-fedora-vsp, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-fields, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-file-basename, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-file-compare, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-file-copy, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-file-dosglob, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-file-fetch, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-file-find, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-file-homedir, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-file-path, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-file-stat, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-file-temp, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-file-which, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-filecache, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-filehandle, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-filetest, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-filter-simple, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-filter, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-findbin, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-gdbm_file, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-generators, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-getopt-long, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-getopt-std, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-hash-util-fieldhash, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-hash-util, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-homedir, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-http-tiny, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-i18n-collate, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-i18n-langinfo, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-i18n-langtags, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-if, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-importer, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-inc-latest, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-interpreter, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-io-compress-lzma, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-io-compress, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-io-socket-ip, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-io-zlib, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-io, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-ipc-cmd, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-ipc-open3, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-ipc-system-simple, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-ipc-sysv, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-json-pp, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-less, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-lib, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-libnet, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-libnetcfg, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-local-lib, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-locale-maketext-simple, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-locale-maketext, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-locale, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-macros, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-math-bigint-fastcalc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-math-bigint, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-math-bigrat, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-math-complex, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-memoize, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-meta-notation, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-mime-base64, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-module-build, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-module-corelist-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-module-corelist, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-module-load-conditional, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-module-load, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-module-loaded, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-module-metadata, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-mro-compat, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-mro, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-ndbm_file, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-net-ping, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-net, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-next, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-object-hashbase-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-object-hashbase, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-odbm_file, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-opcode, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-open, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-overload, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-overloading, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-package-generator, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-params-check, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-params-util, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-parent, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-pathtools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-perl-ostype, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-perlfaq, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-perlio-via-quotedprint, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-ph, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-pod-checker, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-pod-escapes, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-pod-functions, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-pod-html, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-pod-parser, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-pod-perldoc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-pod-simple, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-pod-usage, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-podlators, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-posix, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-safe, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-scalar-list-utils, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-search-dict, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-selectsaver, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-selfloader, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-sigtrap, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-socket, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-software-license, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-sort, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-storable, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-sub-exporter, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-sub-install, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-subs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-symbol, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-sys-hostname, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-sys-syslog, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-term-ansicolor, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-term-cap, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-term-complete, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-term-readline, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-term-table, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-test-harness, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-test-simple, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-test, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-text-abbrev, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-text-balanced, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-text-diff, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-text-glob, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-text-parsewords, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-text-tabs%2bwrap, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-text-template, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-thread-queue, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-thread-semaphore, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-thread, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-threads-shared, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-threads, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-tie-file, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-tie-memoize, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-tie-refhash, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-tie, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-time-hires, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-time-local, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-time-piece, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-time, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-unicode-collate, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-unicode-normalize, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-unicode-ucd, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-uri, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-user-pwent, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-utils, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-vars, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-version, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-vmsish, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/2/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/26/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-9538