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Test ID: | 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.801771 |
Category: | General |
Title: | Perl Laundering Security Bypass Vulnerability (Windows) |
Summary: | The host is installed with Perl and is prone to security bypass; vulnerability. |
Description: | Summary: The host is installed with Perl and is prone to security bypass vulnerability. Vulnerability Insight: The flaw is due to the 'uc()', 'lc()', 'lcfirst()', and 'ucfist()' functions incorrectly laundering tainted data, which can result in the unintended use of potentially malicious data after using these functions. Vulnerability Impact: Successful exploitation will allow attackers to bypass security checks in perl applications that rely on TAINT mode protection functionality. Affected Software/OS: Perl version 5.10.x, 5.11.x, 5.12.x to 5.12.3 and 5.13.x to 5.13.11 on Windows. Solution: Upgrade to Perl version 5.14 or later. CVSS Score: 5.0 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
Cross-Ref: |
BugTraq ID: 47124 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-1487 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47124 Debian Security Information: DSA-2265 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2265 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057891.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057971.html http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:091 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/01/3 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/04/35 http://secunia.com/advisories/43921 http://secunia.com/advisories/44168 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2011:009 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-05/msg00005.html XForce ISS Database: perl-laundering-security-bypass(66528) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66528 |
Copyright | Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone Networks GmbH |
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