SuSE 11.3 Security Update : perl (SAT Patch Number 9858)

low Nessus Plugin ID 78667

Synopsis

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

Description

This update fixes a memory leak and an infinite recursion in Data::Dumper. (CVE-2014-4330)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 9858.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=838333

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=896715

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-4330.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 78667

File Name: suse_11_perl-141022.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/24/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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-test-simple, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:perl-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:perl-module-build, 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: 10/22/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-4330