CVE Feed

    Dashboard / CVE / CVE-2012-5526

    CVE-2012-5526

    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.

    Published:Nov 12, 2012
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Nov 21, 2012
    EPSS Score:0.0172
    CVSS Score:5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Andy Armstrong
    Product
    Cgi.pm
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    References

    http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/MARKSTOS/CGI.pm-3.63/Changes
    http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
    http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10735
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0685.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/51457
    http://secunia.com/advisories/55314
    http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2586
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/15/6
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56562
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027780
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1643-1
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80098
    https://github.com/markstos/CGI.pm/pull/23
    http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/MARKSTOS/CGI.pm-3.63/Changes
    http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
    http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10735
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0685.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/51457
    http://secunia.com/advisories/55314
    http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2586
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/15/6
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56562
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027780
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1643-1
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80098
    https://github.com/markstos/CGI.pm/pull/23

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High