Ubuntu 8.04 LTS / 10.04 LTS / 11.10 / 12.04 LTS / 12.10 : perl vulnerabilities (USN-1643-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 63109
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VPR Score: 6.7
Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.Description
It was discovered that the decode_xs function in the Encode module is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow via a crafted Unicode string. An attacker could use this overflow to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2011-2939)It was discovered that the 'new' constructor in the Digest module is vulnerable to an eval injection. An attacker could use this to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2011-3597)
It was discovered that Perl's 'x' string repeat operator is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow. An attacker could use this to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2012-5195)
Ryo Anazawa discovered that the CGI.pm module does not properly escape newlines in Set-Cookie or P3P (Platform for Privacy Preferences Project) headers. An attacker could use this to inject arbitrary headers into responses from applications that use CGI.pm.
(CVE-2012-5526).
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected perl package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 63109
File Name: ubuntu_USN-1643-1.nasl
Version: 1.10
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 11/30/2012
Updated: 9/19/2019
Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl
Risk Information
Risk Factor: High
VPR Score: 6.7
CVSS v2.0
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Temporal Vector: E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:perl, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:-:lts
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: 11/29/2012
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/13/2012
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2011-2939, CVE-2011-3597, CVE-2012-5195, CVE-2012-5526
USN: 1643-1