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RockyLinux 9 : perl-App-cpanminus (RLSA-2024:10218)

high Nessus Plugin ID 232897

Synopsis

The remote RockyLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote RockyLinux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2024:10218 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 perl-App-cpanminus package.

See Also

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2024:10218

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2308078

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 232897

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2024-10218.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 3/19/2025

Updated: 3/19/2025

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-app-cpanminus, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:9

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: 3/17/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/27/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-45321