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RHEL 6 / 7 : rh-perl524-perl (RHSA-2018:1192)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 194024
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for rh-perl524-perl.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2018:1192 advisory.- perl: heap write overflow in regcomp.c (CVE-2018-6797)
- perl: heap read overflow in regexec.c (CVE-2018-6798)
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the RHEL rh-perl524-perl package based on the guidance in RHSA-2018:1192.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1547779
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1547783
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 194024
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2018-1192.nasl
Version: 1.0
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 4/27/2024
Updated: 4/27/2024
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: 6.7
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Moderate
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-2018-6797
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:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-perl524-perl-pod-html, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-perl524-perl-errno, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-perl524-perl-macros, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-perl524-perl-selfloader, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-perl524-perl-math-bigint-fastcalc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-perl524-perl-math-complex, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-perl524-perl-test, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-perl524-perl-devel-selfstubber, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-perl524-perl-utils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-perl524-perl-memoize, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-perl524-perl-io, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-perl524-perl-extutils-miniperl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-perl524-perl-net-ping, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-perl524-perl-bignum, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-perl524-perl-locale-maketext-simple, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-perl524-perl-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-perl524-perl-attribute-handlers, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-perl524-perl-devel-peek, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-perl524-perl-libnetcfg, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-perl524-perl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-perl524-perl-module-loaded, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-perl524-perl-tests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-perl524-perl-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-perl524-perl-open, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-perl524-perl-extutils-embed, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-perl524-perl-io-zlib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-perl524-perl-time-piece, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-perl524-perl-math-bigrat, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-perl524-perl-core
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: 4/23/2018
Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/16/2018
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2018-6797, CVE-2018-6798