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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : perl (SUSE-SU-2020:1682-2)
high Nessus Plugin ID 138277
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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-2020-10543: Fixed a heap buffer overflow in regular expression compiler which could have allowed overwriting of allocated memory with attacker's data (bsc#1171863).
CVE-2020-10878: Fixed multiple integer overflows which could have allowed the insertion of instructions into the compiled form of Perl regular expression (bsc#1171864).
CVE-2020-12723: Fixed an attacker's corruption of the intermediate language state of a compiled regular expression (bsc#1171866).
Fixed a bad warning in features.ph (bsc#1172348).
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 the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or 'zypper patch'.Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Packagehub Subpackages 15-SP1 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Packagehub-Subpackages-15-SP1-2020-1682=1
See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1171863
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1171864
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1171866
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1172348
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-10543/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-10878/
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 138277
File Name: suse_SU-2020-1682-2.nasl
Version: 1.4
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 7/9/2020
Updated: 12/5/2022
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.7
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-2020-10878
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.6
Temporal Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:perl-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:perl, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:perl-32bit-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 7/7/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/5/2020