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Scientific Linux Security Update : perl on SL7.x x86_64 (20190122)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 121326

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Synopsis

The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Security Fix(es) :

 - perl: Integer overflow leading to buffer overflow in Perl_my_setenv() (CVE-2018-18311)

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?9f41b84c

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 121326

File Name: sl_20190122_perl_on_SL7_x.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/23/2019

Updated: 6/26/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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-2018-18311

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:fermilab:scientific_linux:perl-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:perl-pod-escapes, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:perl-macros, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:perl-tests, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:perl-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:perl-io-zlib, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:perl-extutils-cbuilder, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:perl-cpan, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:perl-module-loaded, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:perl-object-accessor, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:perl-libs, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:perl, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:perl-locale-maketext-simple, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:perl-time-piece, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:perl-extutils-embed, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:perl-extutils-install, x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:perl-package-constants, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:perl-core, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:perl-module-corelist

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/22/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/7/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-18311