CVE-2011-3597

Description

Eval injection vulnerability in the Digest module before 1.17 for Perl allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the new constructor.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 14.94% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1797.html vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=743010 patch
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:009 vendor advisory
http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/perl_advisory2.asc
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1643-1 vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19446 vdb entry signature
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:008 vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1424.html vendor advisory
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
http://secunia.com/advisories/46279 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51457 third party advisory
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10735
http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/GAAS/Digest-1.17/Changes
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49911 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2011-3597?
CVE-2011-3597 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2011-3597?
To fix CVE-2011-3597, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2011-3597 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2011-3597 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~15% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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