Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : perl (MDKSA-2007:207)

high Nessus Plugin ID 27642

Synopsis

The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Tavis Ormandy and Will Drewry discovered a flaw in Perl's regular expression engine. Specially crafted input to a regular expression can cause Perl to improperly allocate memory, resulting in the possible execution of arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running Perl.

Updated packages have been patched to prevent these issues.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 27642

File Name: mandrake_MDKSA-2007-207.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 11/6/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:perl, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:perl-base, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:perl-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:perl-doc, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:perl-suid, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2007, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2007.1, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2008.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/5/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-5116

CWE: 119

MDKSA: 2007:207

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