HTTP::Daemon is a simple http server class written in perl. Versions prior to 6.15 are subject to a vulnerability which could potentially be exploited to gain privileged access to APIs or poison intermediate caches. It is uncertain how large the risks are, most Perl based applications are served on top of Nginx or Apache, not on the `HTTP::Daemon`. This library is commonly used for local development and tests. Users are advised to update to resolve this issue. Users unable to upgrade may add additional request handling logic as a mitigation. After calling `my $rqst = $conn->get_request()` one could inspect the returned `HTTP::Request` object. Querying the 'Content-Length' (`my $cl = $rqst->header('Content-Length')`) will show any abnormalities that should be dealt with by a `400` response. Expected strings of 'Content-Length' SHOULD consist of either a single non-negative integer, or, a comma separated repetition of that number. (that is `42` or `42, 42, 42`). Anything else MUST be rejected.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.3
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade perl-HTTP-Daemon | Jan 10, 2024 | Jun 27, 2022 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade libhttp-daemon-perl | Oct 3, 2022 | Jun 27, 2022 |
| Ibm Aix | — | Apply the fix or workaround for perl_advisory6 | Jul 27, 2023 | Jun 27, 2022 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Jun 27, 2022 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade perl-http-daemon | Oct 26, 2022 | Jun 27, 2022 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libhttp-daemon-perl (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libhttp-daemon-perl | Mar 22, 2023 | Jun 27, 2022 |
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