Debian DLA-1345-1 : perl security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 109043

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

GwanYeong Kim reported that 'pack()' could cause a heap buffer write overflow with a large item count.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 5.14.2-21+deb7u6.

We recommend that you upgrade your perl packages.

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Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 109043

File Name: debian_DLA-1345.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 4/16/2018

Updated: 11/7/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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 Score Source: CVE-2018-6913

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:perl-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libperl-dev, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:perl-base, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libcgi-fast-perl, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:perl-modules, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:perl, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:perl-debug, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libperl5.14

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/14/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-6913

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