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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.883320
Category:CentOS Local Security Checks
Title:CentOS: Security Advisory for perl (CESA-2021:0343)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'perl'; package(s) announced via the CESA-2021:0343 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'perl'
package(s) announced via the CESA-2021:0343 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Perl is a high-level programming language that is commonly used for system
administration utilities and web programming.

Security Fix(es):

* perl: heap-based buffer overflow in regular expression compiler leads to
DoS (CVE-2020-10543)

* perl: corruption of intermediate language state of compiled regular
expression due to integer overflow leads to DoS (CVE-2020-10878)

* perl: corruption of intermediate language state of compiled regular
expression due to recursive S_study_chunk() calls leads to DoS
(CVE-2020-12723)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page(s) listed in the References section.

Affected Software/OS:
'perl' package(s) on CentOS 7.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

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-2020-10543
https://github.com/Perl/perl5/blob/blead/pod/perl5303delta.pod
https://github.com/Perl/perl5/compare/v5.30.2...v5.30.3
https://github.com/perl/perl5/commit/897d1f7fd515b828e4b198d8b8bef76c6faf03ed
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200611-0001/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IN3TTBO5KSGWE5IRIKDJ5JSQRH7ANNXE/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-03
https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2020:0850 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00044.html
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-10878
https://github.com/perl/perl5/commit/0a320d753fe7fca03df259a4dfd8e641e51edaa8
https://github.com/perl/perl5/commit/3295b48defa0f8570114877b063fe546dd348b3c
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-12723
https://github.com/perl/perl5/commit/66bbb51b93253a3f87d11c2695cfb7bdb782184a
https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/16947
https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/17743
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