SuSE 11 Security Update : Perl (SAT Patch Number 994)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 41448

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

A Buffer overflow in perl, in the base Compress::Raw::Zlib perl module has been fixed. (CVE-2009-1391)

Additionaly three non security bugs were fixed.

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 994.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 41448

File Name: suse_11_perl-090610.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 9/24/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:perl-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:perl-doc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:perl-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:perl, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/10/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-1391

CWE: 189

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