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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.831529
Category:Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:Mandriva Update for perl MDVSA-2012:008 (perl)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'perl'; package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'perl'
package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Multiple vulnerabilities has been found and corrected in perl:

Off-by-one error in the decode_xs function in Unicode/Unicode.xs
in the Encode module before 2.44, as used in Perl before 5.15.6,
might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service
(memory corruption) via a crafted Unicode string, which triggers a
heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-2011-2939).

Eval injection in the Digest module before 1.17 for Perl allows
context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the
new constructor (CVE-2011-3597).

The updated packages have been patched to correct these issues.

Affected Software/OS:
perl on Mandriva Linux 2011.0,
Mandriva Linux 2010.1

Solution:
Please Install the Updated Packages.

CVSS Score:
7.5

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-2939
46172
http://secunia.com/advisories/46172
46989
http://secunia.com/advisories/46989
49858
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49858
51457
http://secunia.com/advisories/51457
55314
http://secunia.com/advisories/55314
MDVSA-2012:008
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:008
RHSA-2011:1424
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1424.html
USN-1643-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1643-1
[oss-security] 20110818 CVE request: heap overflow in perl while decoding Unicode string
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/18/8
[oss-security] 20110819 Re: CVE request: heap overflow in perl while decoding Unicode string
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/19/17
http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/FLORA/perl-5.14.2/pod/perldelta.pod
http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/e46d973584785af1f445c4dedbee4243419cb860#patch5
http://search.cpan.org/~flora/perl-5.14.2/pod/perldelta.pod#Encode_decode_xs_n-byte_heap-overflow_%28CVE-2011-2939%29
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=731246
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-3597
46279
http://secunia.com/advisories/46279
49911
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49911
MDVSA-2012:009
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:009
RHSA-2011:1797
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1797.html
http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/perl_advisory2.asc
http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/GAAS/Digest-1.17/Changes
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10735
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=743010
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19446
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19446
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