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openSUSE 15 Security Update : perl-App-cpanminus (openSUSE-SU-2022:0074-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 158650

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SUSE15 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2022:0074-1 advisory.

 - The App::cpanminus package 1.7044 for Perl allows Signature Verification Bypass. (CVE-2020-16154)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected perl-App-cpanminus package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?ad6f0f35

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-16154

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 158650

File Name: openSUSE-2022-0074-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/7/2022

Updated: 11/6/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-16154

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:perl-app-cpanminus

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: 3/6/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/13/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-16154