CVE-2021-29424

Summary

CVECVE-2021-29424
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-04-06 16:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:32:00 UTC
DescriptionThe Net::Netmask module before 2.0000 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-704

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 32 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 34 All All All
Application Net netmask_project net netmask
Application Net netmask_project net\ \ netmask

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Changes - metacpan.org MISC metacpan.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: perl-Net-Netmask-2.0001-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: perl-Net-Netmask-2.0001-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: perl-Net-Netmask-2.0001-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE-2021-29424 Perl Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
Security Issues in Perl IP Address distros - House Absolute(ly) Pointless MISC blog.urth.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: perl-Net-Netmask-2.0001-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: perl-Net-Netmask-2.0001-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: perl-Net-Netmask-2.0001-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 179743 Debian Security Update for libnet-netmask-perl (CVE-2021-29424)
  • 281091 Fedora Security Update for Perl-Net-Netmask
  • 281391 Fedora Security Update for perl (FEDORA-2021-3d96cfe6a3)
  • 281392 Fedora Security Update for perl (FEDORA-2021-c314017fcc)
  • 281393 Fedora Security Update for perl (FEDORA-2021-be62be8c7c)
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