Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.843786
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3478-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'perl' package(s) announced via the USN-3478-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'perl' package(s) announced via the USN-3478-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Jakub Wilk discovered that Perl incorrectly handled certain regular expressions. An attacker could use this issue to cause Perl to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-12837, CVE-2017-12883) Affected Software/OS: 'perl' package(s) on Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 17.04. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 6.4 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-12837 BugTraq ID: 100860 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100860 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1492091 https://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/96c83ed78aeea1a0496dd2b2d935869a822dc8a5 https://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/log/refs/tags/v5.24.3-RC1 https://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/log/refs/tags/v5.26.1-RC1 https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=131582 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180426-0001/ Debian Security Information: DSA-3982 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3982 https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-12883 BugTraq ID: 100852 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100852 http://mirror.cucumberlinux.com/cucumber/cucumber-1.0/source/lang-base/perl/patches/CVE-2017-12883.patch https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1492093 https://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/2be4edede4ae226e2eebd4eff28cedd2041f300f#patch1 https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=131598
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