Debian DSA-3441-1 : perl - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 87853

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

David Golden of MongoDB discovered that File::Spec::canonpath() in Perl returned untainted strings even if passed tainted input. This defect undermines taint propagation, which is sometimes used to ensure that unvalidated user input does not reach sensitive code.

The oldstable distribution (wheezy) is not affected by this problem.

Solution

Upgrade the perl packages.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 5.20.2-3+deb8u2.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 87853

File Name: debian_DSA-3441.nasl

Version: 2.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 1/12/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:perl, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/11/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8607

DSA: 3441

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