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CVE-2012-5526

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Description

CGI.pm module before 3.63 for Perl does not properly escape newlines in (1) Set-Cookie or (2) P3P headers, which might allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary headers into responses from applications that use CGI.pm.

References

https://github.com/markstos/CGI.pm/pull/23

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80098

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2012-5418

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1643-1

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027780

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56562

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/15/6

http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2586

http://secunia.com/advisories/55314

http://secunia.com/advisories/51457

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0685.html

http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10735

http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705

http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/MARKSTOS/CGI.pm-3.63/Changes

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-11-21

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0172

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