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Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 12.04 LTS / 12.10 : perl vulnerability (USN-2099-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 72366
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Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.Description
It was discovered that Perl's Locale::Maketext module incorrectly handled backslashes and fully qualified method names. An attacker could possibly use this flaw to execute arbitrary code when an application used untrusted templates.Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected perl-modules package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 72366
File Name: ubuntu_USN-2099-1.nasl
Version: 1.19
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 2/6/2014
Updated: 1/19/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.2
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:perl-modules, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 2/5/2014
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/4/2013
Exploitable With
Metasploit (TWiki MAKETEXT Remote Command Execution)
Elliot (TWiki 5.1.2 RCE)
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2012-6329
BID: 56950
USN: 2099-1