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CVE-2012-5526

Published: Nov 21, 2012 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
2.6 MODERATE
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5526
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/16.html

CGI.pm module before 3.63 for Perl does not properly escape newlines in (1) Set-Cookie or (2) P3P headers, which might allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary headers into responses from applications that use CGI.pm.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Cgi.pmAndy_armstrong*3.62 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatperl-4:5.8.8-40.el5_9*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatperl-4:5.10.1-130.el6_4*
Libcgi-pm-perlUbuntulucid*
Libcgi-pm-perlUbuntuoneiric*
Libcgi-pm-perlUbuntuprecise*
Libcgi-pm-perlUbuntuquantal*
Libcgi-pm-perlUbunturaring*
Libcgi-pm-perlUbuntuupstream*
PerlUbuntuhardy*
PerlUbuntulucid*
PerlUbuntuoneiric*
PerlUbuntuprecise*
PerlUbuntuquantal*
PerlUbuntuupstream*

References

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