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Slackware Linux 15.0 / current perl Vulnerability (SSA:2025-104-01)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 234327

Synopsis

The remote Slackware Linux host is missing a security update to perl.

Description

The version of perl installed on the remote host is prior to 5.34.3 / 5.40.2. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SSA:2025-104-01 advisory.

 New perl packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix a security issue.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the perl 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 affected perl package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?030f65ac

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 234327

File Name: Slackware_SSA_2025-104-01.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 4/14/2025

Updated: 4/14/2025

Supported Sensors: 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: cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux, p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:perl, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:15.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Slackware/release, Host/Slackware/packages

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/14/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/13/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-56406