Executive Summary

Summary
Title Updated Perl packages fix security issues.
Informations
Name RHSA-2003:257 First vendor Publication 2003-09-22
Vendor RedHat Last vendor Modification 2003-09-22
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision 01

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:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 4.6 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Problem Description:

Original Source

Url : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003-257.html

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1160
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1160
Title: Safe.PM Unsafe Code Execution Vulnerability
Description: Safe.pm 2.0.7 and earlier, when used in Perl 5.8.0 and earlier, may allow attackers to break out of safe compartments in (1) Safe::reval or (2) Safe::rdo using a redefined @_ variable, which is not reset between successive calls.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2002-1323
Version: 3
Platform(s): Sun Solaris 8
Sun Solaris 9
Product(s): Perl
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 2
Application 1
Os 6
Os 1
Os 1
Os 2
Os 31
Os 3
Os 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-06-03 Name : Solaris Update for Perl 119449-01
File : nvt/gb_solaris_119449_01.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 208-1 (perl, perl-5.004, perl-5.005)
File : nvt/deb_208_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
2183 Perl Safe.pm Access Bypass

Safe.pm contains a flaw that could allow a local or remote attacker execute code outside of Safe.pm's restricted environment called a compartment. If the compartment has been accessed at least once, an attacker could change the the mask of the compartment to access code outside of the compartment.

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2004-09-29 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-208.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2004-07-06 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2003-257.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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Date Informations
2014-02-17 11:48:13
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