CPANSA-mod_perl-2011-2767: mod_perl vulnerability

Publisher giterlizzi Document category csaf_security_advisory
Initial release date 2018-08-26T00:00:00 Engine CSAF Perl Toolkit 0.25
Current release date 2018-08-26T00:00:00 Build Date
Current version 1 Status final
CVSS v3.1 Base Score 9.8 Severity Critical
Original language Language en
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Vulnerability Description

mod_perl 2.0 through 2.0.10 allows attackers to execute arbitrary Perl code by placing it in a user-owned .htaccess file, because (contrary to the documentation) there is no configuration option that permits Perl code for the administrator's control of HTTP request processing without also permitting unprivileged users to run Perl code in the context of the user account that runs Apache HTTP Server processes.

Vulnerabilities

CVE-2011-2767

Vulnerability Description

mod_perl 2.0 through 2.0.10 allows attackers to execute arbitrary Perl code by placing it in a user-owned .htaccess file, because (contrary to the documentation) there is no configuration option that permits Perl code for the administrator's control of HTTP request processing without also permitting unprivileged users to run Perl code in the context of the user account that runs Apache HTTP Server processes.

Weakness CWE-94 : Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Product status

Known affected
Product Score
mod_perl greater than or equal 2.0 and less than or equal 2.0.10
CVSS Version CVSS Vector CVSS Base Score CVSS Base Severity
3.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 9.8 Critical
2.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C 10.0 High

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References

Revision history

Version Date of the revision Summary of the revision
1 Sun Aug 26 00:00:00 2018 First release

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