Oracle Linux 8 : ELSA-2026-62667-0: / perl-DBI (ELSA-2026-626670)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 343968

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-626670 advisory.

- Fix stack overflow and buffer overflow in DBI.xs (CVE-2026-9698) Resolves: RHEL-211160
- Fix heap overflow in SQL preparsing can lead to denial of service or arbitrary code execution (CVE-2026-10879) Resolves: RHEL-227962
- Fix unsafe string eval in DBI::Profile (CVE-2026-14380) Resolves: RHEL-211158
- Fix heap overflow when preparsing SQL statements with excessive placeholders (CVE-2026-14739) Resolves: RHEL-193292

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux 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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 343968

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-626670.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Oracle Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 9/9/2026

Updated: 9/9/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, 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:oracle:linux:8, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8:10:baseos_patch, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-dbi

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

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

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