CVE-2011-2766 (GCVE-0-2011-2766)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2011-09-23 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 23:15
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The FCGI (aka Fast CGI) module 0.70 through 0.73 for Perl, as used by CGI::Fast, uses environment variable values from one request during processing of a later request, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via crafted HTTP headers.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
11 references
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|---|---|
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/08/2 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=607479 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/08/1 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=736604 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/13155253 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
| https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=68380 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49549 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/13154637 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2327 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA |
Date Public
2011-09-08 00:00
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