PT-2012-1053 · Perl+3 · Cgi.Pm+3

Ryo Anazawa · Published 2012-11-21 · Updated 2017-08-29 · CVE-2012-5526

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libcgi-pm-perl versions prior to 3.63

Description The issue concerns the CGI.pm module for Perl, which does not properly escape newlines in (1) Set-Cookie or (2) P3P headers. This could allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary headers into responses from applications that use CGI.pm, potentially leading to a breach of protected information. The exploitation of these vulnerabilities can be done remotely.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.63, update to version 3.63 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the CGI.pm module until a patch is available. Avoid using the CGI.pm module in applications that require secure handling of Set-Cookie or P3P headers until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-16

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-03398

CESA-2013_0685

CVE-2012-5526

DSA-2586-1

DSA-2587-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2013_0497-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2013_0502-1

RHSA-2013:0685

RHSA-2013_0685

USN-1643-1

Affected Products

Cgi.Pm

Centos

Red Hat

Suse

References · 53

• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/unix/webapp/foswiki_maketext.rb · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/unix/webapp/twiki_maketext.rb · Exploit
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2013-0685.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5526 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2022-02626 · Security Note
• http://debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2586 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5526 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-5526 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1643-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5526 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-5526 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-6329 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5526 · Security Note
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0685.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1667 · Security Note