PT-2001-1985 · Activestate · Activeperl

Published

2001-12-06

·

Updated

2017-10-10

·

CVE-2001-0815

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

VectorAV: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

Found an issue in the description? Have something to add? Feel free to write us 👾

Related Identifiers

CVE-2001-0815

Affected Products

Activeperl