PT-2024-36610 · Unknown · Graphics::Colornames

CVE-2024-55918 · Published 2024-12-13 · Updated 2024-12-17

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Graphics::ColorNames versions prior to 3.2.0

Description The issue is related to an ambiguity between modules and filenames in the Graphics::ColorNames package for Perl, which can lead to HTML injection by an attacker who can create a file in the current working directory.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.2.0, update to version 3.2.0 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the current working directory to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Code Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-55918

Affected Products

Graphics::Colornames

References · 14

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-55918 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-55918 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-55918 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2024-55918 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-55918 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-55918 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-55918 · Vendor Advisory
• https://metacpan.org/release/RRWO/Graphics-ColorNames-v3.2.0/changes · Note
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1867641526483886306 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1867537634744033473 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/12838 · Telegram Post
• https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=54500 · Note
• https://metacpan.org/dist/Graphics-ColorNames · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/104143 · Telegram Post