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Fedora 23 : perl-Module-Load-Conditional (2016-0aa251bc9b)

high Nessus Plugin ID 92797

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This update adds an option 'FORCE_SAFE_INC', which, if set (it isn't by default), removes the current directory from the module load path so as to avoid loading code from a potentially unsafe place (CVE-2016-1238).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
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Solution

Update the affected perl-Module-Load-Conditional package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2016-0aa251bc9b

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 92797

File Name: fedora_2016-0aa251bc9b.nasl

Version: 2.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/9/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:23, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:perl-module-load-conditional

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/8/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/2/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-1238