CVE-2012-5526

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-5526
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-11-21 23:55:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionCGI.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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-16 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Andy Armstrong Cgi.pm All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Oracle VM Server for x86 Bulletin - July 2016 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
cpansearch.perl.org/src/MARKSTOS/CGI.pm-3.63/Changes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 cpansearch.perl.org
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Perl CGI.pm 'Set-Cookie' and 'P3P' Headers HTTP Header Injection Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
USN-1643-1: Perl vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- perl-CGI: Newline injection due to improper CRLF escaping in Set-Cookie and P3P headers af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Juniper Networks - 2015-10 Security Bulletin: CTPView: Multiple Vulnerabilities in CTPView af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kb.juniper.net
2016-04 Security Bulletin: CTP Series: Multiple vulnerabilities in CTP Series - Juniper Networks af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kb.juniper.net
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
github.com/markstos/CGI.pm/pull/23 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
Security Advisory SA55314 - Oracle Solaris Perl Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2586-1 perl af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Perl 'CGI.pm' Module Input Validation Flaw Lets Remote Users Inject Headers - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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