CVE-2021-29662

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    CVE-2021-29662

    Published: 31 Mar 2021Last Modified: 9 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The Data::Validate::IP module through 0.29 for Perl does not properly consider extraneous zero characters at the beginning of an IP address string, which (in some situations) allows attackers to bypass access control that is based on IP addresses.

    References: https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210604-0002/, https://github.com/houseabsolute/Data-Validate-IP/commit/3bba13c819d616514a75e089badd75002fd4f14e, https://github.com/houseabsolute/Data-Validate-IP, https://blog.urth.org/2021/03/29/security-issues-in-perl-ip-address-distros/, https://github.com/sickcodes/security/blob/master/advisories/SICK-2021-018.md, https://sick.codes/sick-2021-018/

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    v0.29

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
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    Availability
    None
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    High
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