vulnerability

Ubuntu: (CVE-2021-29424): libnet-netmask-perl vulnerability

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Apr 6, 2021
Added
Jun 26, 2025
Modified
Aug 18, 2025

Description

The 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.

Solution

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