CVE-2010-2761
The multipart_init function in (1) CGI.pm before 3.50 and (2) Simple.pm in CGI::Simple 1.112 and earlier uses a hardcoded value of the MIME boundary string in multipart/x-mixed-replace content, which allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.71%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The multipart_init function in (1) CGI.pm before 3.50 and (2) Simple.pm in CGI::Simple 1.112 and earlier uses a hardcoded value of the MIME boundary string in multipart/x-mixed-replace content, which allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks via crafted input that contains this value, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-3172.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.71% probability · 86th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-94
- Affected
- andy armstrong/cgi.pm · andy armstrong/cgi-simple
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.7% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/LDS/CGI.pm-3.50/Changes
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10735
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-February/053665.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-February/053678.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053576.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053591.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00003.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/01/1Patch
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/01/2
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/01/3Patch
- http://osvdb.org/69588
- http://osvdb.org/69589
- http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/blobdiff/a0b94c2432b1d8c20653453a0f6970cb10f59aec..84601d63a7e34958da47dad1e61e27cb3bd467d1:/cpan/CGI/lib/CGI.pmPatch
- http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/84601d63a7e34958da47dad1e61e27cb3bd467d1Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42877
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43033
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43068
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43147
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43165
- http://www.bugzilla.org/security/3.2.9/
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:237
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:250
- http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.changes/2010/11/msg28043.htmlPatch
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1797.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0076
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0207
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.