VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2012-5526
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.
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 3.26%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.26%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 3.26% probability · 88th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-16
- Affected
- andy armstrong/cgi.pm
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/MARKSTOS/CGI.pm-3.63/Changes
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10735
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0685.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51457
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55314
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2586
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/15/6
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56562
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027780
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1643-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80098
- https://github.com/markstos/CGI.pm/pull/23
- http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/MARKSTOS/CGI.pm-3.63/Changes
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10735
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0685.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51457
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55314
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2586
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/15/6
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56562
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027780
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1643-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80098
- https://github.com/markstos/CGI.pm/pull/23
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.