Perlbot Email Sending Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

BID:5999

Info

Perlbot Email Sending Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 5999
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Oct 18 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Oct 18 2002 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery credited to guejez of Scan Associates.
Vulnerable: Perlbot Perlbot 1.0 beta
Not Vulnerable:

Solution / Fix

Perlbot Email Sending Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor will reportedly fix this vulnerability in a newer release of Perlbot.

Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

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