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Debian dsa-5816 : libmodule-scandeps-perl - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 211603

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 12 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5816 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-5816-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso November 19, 2024 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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 Package : libmodule-scandeps-perl CVE ID : CVE-2024-10224

 The Qualys Threat Research Unit discovered that libmodule-scandeps-perl, a Perl module to recursively scan Perl code for dependencies, allows an attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands via specially crafted file names.

 Details can be found in the Qualys advisory at https://www.qualys.com/2024/11/19/needrestart/needrestart.txt

 For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 1.31-2+deb12u1.

 We recommend that you upgrade your libmodule-scandeps-perl packages.

 For the detailed security status of libmodule-scandeps-perl please refer to its security tracker page at:
 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/libmodule-scandeps-perl

 Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

 Mailing list: [email protected]

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

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

Solution

Upgrade the libmodule-scandeps-perl packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?488ce494

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-10224

https://packages.debian.org/source/bookworm/libmodule-scandeps-perl

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 211603

File Name: debian_DSA-5816.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/19/2024

Updated: 11/25/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-10224

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libmodule-scandeps-perl

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/19/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/19/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-10224