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Fedora 44 : perl-DBI (2026-a7ce91a6a0)

high Nessus Plugin ID 372887

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 44 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-a7ce91a6a0 advisory.

 Changes for version 1.656 Remove lock file on end of scope Prevent dbi_profile crash (CVE-2026-108518) (Henrik Teichmann) Memory corruption via selectrow_array + SQLite UDF (issue#98) Fix errstr when dbm_updatable_key attribute for DBD::DBM is set to 2 (croak) on Perl versions < v5.13.2.
 Fix emit warnings when dbm_updatable_key attribute for DBD::DBM is set to 1 (carp) Fix lock file not removed when DBD::DBM check for bad serializer class fails. (CVE-2026-111879)
 *** WARNING: Next release will require perl-5.14 *** Main reason: Exception handling



Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora 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://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-a7ce91a6a0

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 372887

File Name: fedora_2026-a7ce91a6a0.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/28/2026

Updated: 10/28/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.56

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-108518

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:fedoraproject:fedora:44, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:perl-dbi

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/19/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/19/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-108518, CVE-2026-111879