QID 330137

Date Published: 2023-05-08

QID 330137: IBM AIX Vulnerability in perl (perl_advisory6)

AIX is vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling due to Perl

A vulnerability in libwww-perl could allow an attacker to poison web caches, bypass web application firewall protection, and conduct XSS attacks (CVE-2022-31081) Affected Platform:
AIX 7.1, 7.2, 7.3
QID Detection Logic (Authenticated):
The detection checks for installed packages version via command lslpp -L | grep -i per.rte. The detection posts vulnerable if installed package version is less than patched version

Successful exploitation may impact the confidentiality, integrity and availability

CVSS V3 rated as High - 6.5 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as High - 6.4 severity.

Solution

The vendor has released fixed versions under perl_advisory6

Vendor References

perl_advisory6 - aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/perl_advisory6.asc

CVEs related to QID 330137

CVE-2022-31081 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
perl_advisory6			aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/perl_advisory6.asc

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