SUSE SLES11 Security Update : perl (SUSE-SU-2016:2246-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 93371

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for perl fixes the following issues :

- CVE-2016-6185: xsloader looking at a '(eval)' directory [bsc#988311]

- CVE-2016-1238: searching current directory for optional modules [bsc#987887]

- CVE-2015-8853: regex engine hanging on bad utf8 [bnc976584]

- CVE-2016-2381: environment dup handling bug [bsc#967082]

- perl panic with utf8_mg_pos_cache_update [bsc#929027]

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch sdksp4-perl-12729=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch slessp4-perl-12729=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-perl-12729=1

To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 93371

File Name: suse_SU-2016-2246-1.nasl

Version: 2.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 9/8/2016

Updated: 1/27/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-1238

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-6185

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:perl-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:perl-test-simple, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:perl, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:perl-doc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:perl-module-build

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/6/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/8/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8853, CVE-2016-1238, CVE-2016-2381, CVE-2016-6185

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