openSUSE Security Update : perl (openSUSE-SU-2011:1278-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 75707

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update of Perl fixes a heap based buffer overflow in the decode_xs() function (CVE-2011-2939, bnc#728662).

Solution

Update the affected perl packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 75707

File Name: suse_11_3_perl-111122.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:perl-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:perl-base-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:perl-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:perl

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/22/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2939

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