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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.704226
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-4226-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'perl' package(s) announced via the DSA-4226-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'perl' package(s) announced via the DSA-4226-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Jakub Wilk discovered a directory traversal flaw in the Archive::Tar module, allowing an attacker to overwrite any file writable by the extracting user via a specially crafted tar archive.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 5.20.2-3+deb8u11.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 5.24.1-3+deb9u4.

We recommend that you upgrade your perl packages.

For the detailed security status of perl please refer to its security tracker page at: [link moved to references]

Affected Software/OS:
'perl' package(s) on Debian 8, Debian 9.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.4

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2018-12015
BugTraq ID: 104423
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104423
Bugtraq: 20190326 APPLE-SA-2019-3-25-2 macOS Mojave 10.14.4, Security Update 2019-002 High Sierra, Security Update 2019-002 Sierra (Google Search)
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/42
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=900834
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180927-0001/
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT209600
Debian Security Information: DSA-4226 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4226
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Mar/49
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2019:2097
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2097
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041048
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3684-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3684-2/
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