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GLSA-201507-11 : Perl: Denial of Service

high Nessus Plugin ID 86082

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201507-11 (Perl: Denial of Service)

 S_regmatch() function lacks proper checks before passing arguments to atoi() Impact :

 A remote attacker could send a specially crafted input, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Perl users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-lang/perl-5.20.1-r4'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-11

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 86082

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201507-11.nasl

Version: 2.3

Type: local

Published: 9/23/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:perl, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/10/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-7422

BID: 75704

GLSA: 201507-11