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AlmaLinux 8 : perl-DBI (ALSA-2026:62667)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 342582

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Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2026:62667 advisory.

 * perl-DBI: perl-DBI: Heap overflow in SQL preparsing can lead to denial of service or arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2026-10879)
 * DBI: DBI: Buffer overflow in error handling can lead to arbitrary code execution (CVE-2026-9698)
 * DBI: DBI: Arbitrary code execution via caller-influenced Profile attribute (CVE-2026-14380)
 * DBI: DBI: Heap overflow when preparsing SQL statements with excessive placeholders (CVE-2026-14739)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected perl-DBI package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:62667

https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2026-62667.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 342582

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2026-62667.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 9/3/2026

Updated: 9/3/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.05

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-9698

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/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:alma:linux:8, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::powertools, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:perl-dbi

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: 9/2/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/5/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-10879, CVE-2026-14380, CVE-2026-14739, CVE-2026-9698

CWE: 120, 131, 94

RHSA: 2026:62667