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Ubuntu 8.04 LTS / 8.10 / 9.04 : libcompress-raw-zlib-perl, perl vulnerability (USN-794-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 39600

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

It was discovered that the Compress::Raw::Zlib Perl module incorrectly handled certain zlib compressed streams. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted compressed stream or file, a remote attacker could crash the application, leading to a denial of service.

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Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/794-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 39600

File Name: ubuntu_USN-794-1.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/3/2009

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:perl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:perl-modules, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcgi-fast-perl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libperl-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:perl-base, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:perl-debug, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:perl-doc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:perl-suid, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcompress-raw-zlib-perl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libperl5.10

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/2/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-1391

BID: 35307

CWE: 189

USN: 794-1