Debian DSA-2267-1 : perl - restriction bypass

high Nessus Plugin ID 55487

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

It was discovered that Perl's Safe module - a module to compile and execute code in restricted compartments - could be bypassed.

Please note that this update is known to break Petal, an XML-based templating engine (shipped with Debian 6.0/Squeeze in the package libpetal-perl, see bug #582805 for details). A fix is not yet available. If you use Petal, you might consider to put the previous Perl packages on hold.

Solution

Upgrade the perl packages.

For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 5.10.0-19lenny5.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 5.10.1-17squeeze2.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 55487

File Name: debian_DSA-2267.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 7/5/2011

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:perl, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/1/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-1447

BID: 40305

DSA: 2267

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