RockyLinux 8 : perl-App-cpanminus:1.7044 (RLSA-2024:10219)

high Nessus Plugin ID 213218

Synopsis

The remote RockyLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote RockyLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2024:10219 advisory.

* perl-App-cpanminus: Insecure HTTP in App::cpanminus Allows Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2024-45321)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux 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

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 213218

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2024-10219.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 12/19/2024

Updated: 12/19/2024

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-2024-45321

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: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:perl-module-cpanfile, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:perl-cpan-distnameinfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:perl-app-cpanminus, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:perl-cpan-meta-check, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:perl-parse-pmfile, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:perl-string-shellquote, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:perl-file-pushd

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/19/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/27/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-45321

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