Input validation error in Dancer - CVE-2012-5572
Published: May 30, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41600
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-5572
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: BIGPRESH
Affected software:
Dancer
Dancer
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.
CRLF injection vulnerability in the cookie method (lib/Dancer/Cookie.pm) in Dancer before 1.3114 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks via a cookie name, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-5526.
How to mitigate CVE-2012-5572
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2013-0183.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:184
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/26/10
- https://github.com/PerlDancer/Dancer/blob/devel/CHANGES
- https://github.com/PerlDancer/Dancer/issues/859
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-June/108749.html