Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : perl-CGI (MDVSA-2012:180)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 63284

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Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

A vulnerability was discovered and corrected in perl-CGI :

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 (CVE-2012-5526).

The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

Solution

Update the affected perl-CGI and / or perl-CGI-Fast packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 63284

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2012-180.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 12/18/2012

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:perl-cgi, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:perl-cgi-fast, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2011

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/17/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-5526

BID: 56562

MDVSA: 2012:180

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