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Debian dsa-5902 : libperl-dev - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 234241

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5902 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-5902-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso April 13, 2025 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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 Package : perl CVE ID : CVE-2024-56406

 Nathan Mills discovered a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the implementation of the Perl programming language when transliterating non-ASCII bytes with tr///, which may result in denial of service, or potentially the execution of arbitrary code.

 For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 5.36.0-7+deb12u2.

 We recommend that you upgrade your perl packages.

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

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/perl

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-56406

https://packages.debian.org/source/bookworm/perl

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 234241

File Name: debian_DSA-5902.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/13/2025

Updated: 4/13/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.4

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-2024-56406

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:debian:debian_linux:perl-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libperl-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:perl-base, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:perl-modules-5.36, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:perl, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libperl5.36, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:perl-debug, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/13/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/13/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-56406