SuSE 11.1 Security Update : Perl (SAT Patch Number 4499)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 53892

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update fixes a bug in Perl that makes spamassassin crash and does not allow bypassing taint mode by using lc() or uc() anymore.

- CVE-2010-4777: CVSS v2 Base Score: 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

- CVE-2011-1487: CVSS v2 Base Score: 2.6 (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N): Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control (CWE-264)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 4499.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 53892

File Name: suse_11_perl-110506.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 5/13/2011

Updated: 1/19/2021

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: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

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: 5/6/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-4777, CVE-2011-1487

CWE: 264

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