Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | Perl vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-2878-1 | First vendor Publication | 2016-01-21 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2016-01-21 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | N/A |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 7.5 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 6.4 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 10 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 15.10 - Ubuntu 15.04 Summary: Perl incorrectly handled the taint attribute. Software Description: - perl: Practical Extraction and Report Language Details: David Golden discovered that the canonpath function in the Perl File::Spec module did not properly preserve the taint attribute. An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass the taint protection mechanism. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 15.10: Ubuntu 15.04: In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: Package Information: |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2878-1 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-20 | Improper Input Validation |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Os | 2 | |
| Os | 1 |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2017-07-20 | Name : An enterprise management application installed on the remote host is affected... File : oracle_enterprise_manager_jul_2017_cpu.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2017-01-30 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-201701-75.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-03-25 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : openSUSE-2016-386.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-03-04 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2016-4ca904238f.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-03-04 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2016-69e506e02d.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-01-22 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch. File : ubuntu_USN-2878-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-01-13 | Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates. File : freebsd_pkg_333f655ab93a11e59efa5453ed2e2b49.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-01-12 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-3441.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
|---|---|
| 2016-01-23 13:25:19 |
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| 2016-01-21 21:27:50 |
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| 2016-01-21 21:23:02 |
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