Description
Unspecified vulnerability in CGI.pm 3.50 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks via unknown vectors. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2010-2761.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | libcgi-pm-perl | 3.51-1 | — |
| Debian 14 | libcgi-simple-perl | 1.111-2 | — |
| Debian 14 | perl | 5.10.1-17 | — |
| Debian 13 | libcgi-pm-perl | 3.51-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | libcgi-simple-perl | 1.111-2 | — |
| Debian 13 | perl | 5.10.1-17 | — |
| Debian 12 | libcgi-pm-perl | 3.51-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | libcgi-simple-perl | 1.111-2 | — |
| Debian 12 | perl | 5.10.1-17 | — |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | perl | 5.24.0-3.5 | openSUSE-SU-2024:10449-1 |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | perl-CGI-Simple | 1.115-1.4 | openSUSE-SU-2024:10545-1 |
Advisories 2
- openSUSE-SU-2024:10449-1 perl-32bit-5.24.0-3.5 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2024:10545-1 perl-CGI-Simple-1.115-1.4 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
References
- 43068 third-party-advisory
- 43165 third-party-advisory
- [oss-security] 20101201 Re: CVE Request -- perl-CGI two ids, perl-CGI-Simple one id (CVE-2010-3172 already assigned for Bugzilla part) mailing-list
- ADV-2011-0212 vdb-entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=591165
- http://www.bugzilla.org/security/3.2.9/
- MDVSA-2011:008 vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2011-0741 vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SR:2011:005 vendor-advisory
- ADV-2011-0271 vdb-entry
- 43033 third-party-advisory
- ADV-2011-0207 vdb-entry
- SUSE-SR:2011:002 vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2011-0755 vendor-advisory
- ADV-2011-0106 vdb-entry