PT-2001-1985 · Activestate · Activeperl
Published
2001-12-06
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Updated
2017-10-10
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CVE-2001-0815
CVSS v2.0
7.5
High
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
ActivePerl versions 5.6.1.629 and earlier
Description
The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the PerlIS.dll component. This can be exploited by remote attackers through an HTTP request for a long filename that ends in a .pl extension, allowing them to execute arbitrary code.
Recommendations
For versions 5.6.1.629 and earlier, update to a version later than 5.6.1.629 to resolve the issue.
Exploit
Fix
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Affected Products
Activeperl