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USN-488-1: mod_perl vulnerability

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USN-488-1: mod_perl vulnerability

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/29/2007
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/06/2013
Modified
10/13/2020

Description

PerlRun.pm in Apache mod_perl before 1.30, and RegistryCooker.pm in mod_perl 2.x, does not properly escape PATH_INFO before use in a regular expression, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a crafted URI.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libapache2-mod-perl2

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