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MiracleLinux 4 : perl-5.10.1-119.AXS4.1 (AXSA:2012-353:01)

🗓️ 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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 nessus
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MiracleLinux 4 updates the perl package to fix two vulnerabilities (CVE-2011-2939 and CVE-2011-3597).

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The package checks in this plugin were extracted from
# Miracle Linux Security Advisory AXSA:2012-353:01.
##

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(283947);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/01/14");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2011-2939", "CVE-2011-3597");

  script_name(english:"MiracleLinux 4 : perl-5.10.1-119.AXS4.1 (AXSA:2012-353:01)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote MiracleLinux host is missing one or more security updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote MiracleLinux 4 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the
AXSA:2012-353:01 advisory.

    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. A large proportion of the CGI scripts on the web are
    written in Perl. You need the perl package installed on your system so that your system can handle Perl
    scripts.
    Install this package if you want to program in Perl or enable your system to handle Perl scripts.
    Security issues fixed with this release:
    CVE-2011-2939
    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-2011-3597
    Eval injection in the Digest module before 1.17 for Perl allows context-dependent attackers to execute
    arbitrary commands via the new constructor.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://tsn.miraclelinux.com/en/node/2846");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2011-3597");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_severity", value:"High");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2011/09/29");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2012/03/20");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/01/14");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:perl");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:perl-Archive-Extract");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:perl-Archive-Tar");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:perl-CGI");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:perl-CPAN");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:perl-CPANPLUS");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:perl-Compress-Zlib");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:perl-Digest-SHA");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:perl-ExtUtils-CBuilder");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:perl-ExtUtils-Embed");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:perl-ExtUtils-ParseXS");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:perl-File-Fetch");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:perl-IO-Compress-Base");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:perl-IO-Compress-Zlib");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:perl-IO-Zlib");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:perl-IPC-Cmd");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:perl-Locale-Maketext-Simple");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:perl-Log-Message");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:perl-Log-Message-Simple");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:perl-Module-Build");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:perl-Module-CoreList");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:perl-Module-Load");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:perl-Module-Load-Conditional");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:perl-Module-Loaded");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:perl-core");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:perl-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:perl-libs");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:miracle:linux:4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Miracle Linux Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/MiracleLinux/release", "Host/MiracleLinux/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");

  exit(0);
}


include('rpm2.inc');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_product = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/product');
if (isnull(os_product) || 'MIRACLE LINUX' >!< os_product) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'MIRACLE LINUX');
var os_version = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/version');
if (isnull(os_version)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'MIRACLE LINUX');
if (! preg(pattern:"^4([^0-9]|$)", string:os_version)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'MiracleLinux 4.x', 'MIRACLE LINUX ' + os_version);

if (!get_kb_item('Host/MiracleLinux/rpm-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('aarch64' >!< cpu && 'ppc' >!< cpu && 's390' >!< cpu && 'x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'MIRACLE LINUX', cpu);

var constraints = [
  {
    'release': '4',
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'perl-5.10.1-119.AXS4.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'perl-5.10.1-119.AXS4.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'perl-Archive-Extract-0.38-119.AXS4.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'perl-Archive-Extract-0.38-119.AXS4.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'perl-Archive-Tar-1.58-119.AXS4.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'perl-Archive-Tar-1.58-119.AXS4.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'perl-CGI-3.51-119.AXS4.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'perl-CGI-3.51-119.AXS4.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib-2.023-119.AXS4.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib-2.023-119.AXS4.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'perl-Compress-Zlib-2.020-119.AXS4.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'perl-Compress-Zlib-2.020-119.AXS4.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'perl-core-5.10.1-119.AXS4.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'perl-core-5.10.1-119.AXS4.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'perl-CPAN-1.9402-119.AXS4.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'perl-CPAN-1.9402-119.AXS4.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'perl-CPANPLUS-0.88-119.AXS4.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'perl-CPANPLUS-0.88-119.AXS4.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'perl-devel-5.10.1-119.AXS4.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'perl-devel-5.10.1-119.AXS4.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'perl-Digest-SHA-5.47-119.AXS4.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'perl-Digest-SHA-5.47-119.AXS4.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'perl-ExtUtils-CBuilder-0.27-119.AXS4.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'perl-ExtUtils-CBuilder-0.27-119.AXS4.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'perl-ExtUtils-Embed-1.28-119.AXS4.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'perl-ExtUtils-Embed-1.28-119.AXS4.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker-6.55-119.AXS4.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker-6.55-119.AXS4.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'perl-ExtUtils-ParseXS-2.2003.0-119.AXS4.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'perl-ExtUtils-ParseXS-2.2003.0-119.AXS4.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'perl-File-Fetch-0.26-119.AXS4.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'perl-File-Fetch-0.26-119.AXS4.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'perl-IO-Compress-Base-2.020-119.AXS4.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'perl-IO-Compress-Base-2.020-119.AXS4.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'perl-IO-Compress-Zlib-2.020-119.AXS4.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'perl-IO-Compress-Zlib-2.020-119.AXS4.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'perl-IO-Zlib-1.09-119.AXS4.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'perl-IO-Zlib-1.09-119.AXS4.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'perl-IPC-Cmd-0.56-119.AXS4.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'perl-IPC-Cmd-0.56-119.AXS4.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'perl-libs-5.10.1-119.AXS4.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'perl-libs-5.10.1-119.AXS4.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'perl-Locale-Maketext-Simple-0.18-119.AXS4.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'perl-Locale-Maketext-Simple-0.18-119.AXS4.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'perl-Log-Message-0.02-119.AXS4.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'perl-Log-Message-0.02-119.AXS4.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'perl-Log-Message-Simple-0.04-119.AXS4.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'perl-Log-Message-Simple-0.04-119.AXS4.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'perl-Module-Build-0.3500-119.AXS4.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'perl-Module-Build-0.3500-119.AXS4.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'perl-Module-CoreList-2.18-119.AXS4.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'perl-Module-CoreList-2.18-119.AXS4.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'perl-Module-Load-0.16-119.AXS4.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'perl-Module-Load-0.16-119.AXS4.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'perl-Module-Load-Conditional-0.30-119.AXS4.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'perl-Module-Load-Conditional-0.30-119.AXS4.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'perl-Module-Loaded-0.02-119.AXS4.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'perl-Module-Loaded-0.02-119.AXS4.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'}
    ]
  }
];

var os_release = get_one_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/release');
var os_sp = get_one_kb_item('Host/*/minor_release');

var flag = 0;
var reference;
var sp;
var _cpu;
var el_string;
var rpm_spec_vers_cmp;
var epoch;
var allowmaj;
var exists_check;
var cves;
foreach var constraint ( constraints ) {
  # Check that the target release is equal to the affected release
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['release'])){
    if (constraint['release'] != os_release) continue;
  }
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['sp'])){
    if (constraint['sp'] != os_sp) continue;
  }
  foreach var pkg ( constraint['pkgs'] ) {
    reference = NULL;
    sp = NULL;
    _cpu = NULL;
    el_string = NULL;
    rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
    epoch = NULL;
    allowmaj = NULL;
    exists_check = NULL;
    cves = NULL;
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['reference'])) reference = pkg['reference'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['sp'])) sp = pkg['sp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cpu'])) _cpu = pkg['cpu'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['el_string'])) el_string = pkg['el_string'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['epoch'])) epoch = pkg['epoch'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = pkg['allowmaj'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['exists_check'])) exists_check = pkg['exists_check'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cves'])) cves = pkg['cves'];
    if (reference &&
        ## (no known rpm to check OR known rpm_exists)
        (!exists_check || rpm_exists(rpm:exists_check)) &&
        rpm_check(sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj, cves:cves)) flag++;
  }
}
if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
      extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'perl / perl-Archive-Extract / perl-Archive-Tar / perl-CGI / etc');
}

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14 Jan 2026 00:00Current
8.3High risk
Vulners AI Score8.3
CVSS 27.5
EPSS0.09609
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