Oracle Solaris Third-Party Patch Update : perl-58 (cve_2012_5195_buffer_errors)

high Nessus Plugin ID 80734

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Synopsis

The remote Solaris system is missing a security patch for third-party software.

Description

The remote Solaris system is missing necessary patches to address security updates :

- Heap-based buffer overflow in the Perl_repeatcpy function in util.c in Perl 5.12.x before 5.12.5, 5.14.x before 5.14.3, and 5.15.x before 15.15.5 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via the 'x' string repeat operator.
(CVE-2012-5195)

Solution

Upgrade to Solaris 11.1.11.4.0.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 80734

File Name: solaris11_perl-58_20131017_3.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Family: Solaris Local Security Checks

Published: 1/19/2015

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:solaris:11.1, p-cpe:/a:oracle:solaris:perl-58

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Solaris11/release, Host/Solaris11/pkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 10/17/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-5195

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