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Oracle Linux 10 : perl-DBI (ELSA-2026-76762)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 363855

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 10 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2026-76762 advisory.

 [1.643-26.7]
 - CVE-2026-88815 perl-DBI: perl-DBI: Denial of Service via invalid memory read during numeric type casting memory read during numeric type casting Resolves: RHEL-271970

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 perl-DBI package.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-76762.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 363855

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-76762.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/7/2026

Updated: 10/7/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.68

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-2026-88815

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 5.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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:10, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-dbi

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: 10/6/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/28/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-88815