Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.703873
Category:	Debian Local Security Checks
Title:	Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-3873-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'perl' package(s) announced via the DSA-3873-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'perl' package(s) announced via the DSA-3873-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: The cPanel Security Team reported a time of check to time of use (TOCTTOU) race condition flaw in File::Path, a core module from Perl to create or remove directory trees. An attacker can take advantage of this flaw to set the mode on an attacker-chosen file to a attacker-chosen value. For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 5.20.2-3+deb8u7. For the upcoming stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 5.24.1-3. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 5.24.1-3. We recommend that you upgrade your perl packages. Affected Software/OS: 'perl' package(s) on Debian 8. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 4.3 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-6512 BugTraq ID: 99180 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99180 Debian Security Information: DSA-3873 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3873 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-12 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038610 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-2/
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