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Oracle Linux 5 : perl (ELSA-2010-0458)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 68048

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2010-0458 advisory.

 - CVE-2008-5302 - use latest patch without Cwd module
 - CVE-2008-5302 perl: File::Path rmtree race condition (CVE-2005-0448) reintroduced after upstream rebase to 5.8.8-1
 - CVE-2010-1168 perl Safe: Intended restriction bypass via object references
 - CVE-2010-1447 Safe 2.26 and earlier: Intended restriction bypass via Perl object references in code executed outside safe compartment

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected perl and / or perl-suidperl packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2010-0458.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 68048

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2010-0458.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 10/23/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-1447

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-suidperl, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/7/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/1/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-5302, CVE-2008-5303, CVE-2010-1168, CVE-2010-1447

BID: 12767, 40302, 40305

RHSA: 2010:0458