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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.885392
Category:Fedora Local Security Checks
Title:Fedora: Security Advisory for perl (FEDORA-2023-c67f4dbf13)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'perl'; package(s) announced via the FEDORA-2023-c67f4dbf13 advisory.;Note: This VT has been deprecated as a duplicate.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'perl'
package(s) announced via the FEDORA-2023-c67f4dbf13 advisory.
Note: This VT has been deprecated as a duplicate.

Vulnerability Insight:
Perl is a high-level programming language with roots in C, sed, awk and shell
scripting. Perl is good at handling processes and files, and is especially
good at handling text. Perl', s hallmarks are practicality and efficiency.
While it is used to do a lot of different things, Perl', s most common
applications are system administration utilities and web programming.

If you need only a specific feature, you can install a specific package
instead. E.g. to handle Perl scripts with /usr/bin/perl interpreter,
install perl-interpreter package. See perl-interpreter description for more
details on the Perl decomposition into packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'perl' package(s) on Fedora 39.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2023-47038
RHBZ#2249523
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2249523
RHSA-2024:2228
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2228
RHSA-2024:3128
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3128
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-47038
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1056746
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GNEEWAACXQCEEAKSG7XX2D5YDRWLCIZJ/
https://perldoc.perl.org/perl5382delta#CVE-2023-47038-Write-past-buffer-end-via-illegal-user-defined-Unicode-property
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