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Rocky Linux 9 : perl-CPAN (RLSA-2023:6539)

high Nessus Plugin ID 196960

Synopsis

The remote Rocky Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Rocky Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2023:6539 advisory.

 - CPAN.pm before 2.35 does not verify TLS certificates when downloading distributions over HTTPS.
 (CVE-2023-31484)

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-CPAN package.

See Also

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2023:6539

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2218667

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 196960

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2023-6539.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Published: 5/14/2024

Updated: 5/14/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-31484

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:rocky:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:perl-cpan

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/10/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/29/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-31484