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Amazon Linux 2 : perl (ALAS-2019-1166)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 122672

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

Perl has a buffer overflow via a crafted regular expression that triggers invalid write operations.(CVE-2018-18311)

Solution

Run 'yum update perl' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2019-1166.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 122672

File Name: al2_ALAS-2019-1166.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/8/2019

Updated: 6/14/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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:amazon:linux:perl-extutils-embed, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perl-cpan, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perl-module-loaded, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perl-core, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perl-macros, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perl-pod-escapes, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perl-devel, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perl-time-piece, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perl-package-constants, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perl-libs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perl-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perl, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perl-object-accessor, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perl-extutils-install, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perl-locale-maketext-simple, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perl-tests, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perl-module-corelist, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perl-io-zlib, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perl-extutils-cbuilder

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/8/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/7/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-18311

ALAS: 2019-1166