openSUSE 10 Security Update : perl (perl-5443)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 34040

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

Specially crafted regular expressions could crash perl (CVE-2008-1927).

Additionally problem in the CGI module was fixed that could result in an endless loop if uploads were cancelled.

Solution

Update the affected perl packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 34040

File Name: suse_perl-5443.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 8/24/2008

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:perl, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:perl-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:perl-base, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.2, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.3

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/11/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-1927

CWE: 399

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