About “Perl”

A curated feed of “Perl”-related CVEs appears below. We currently track 496 CVEs for this tag (all time). In the last 365 days, 141 were published. Average CVSS is 7.0 (all time; 7.9 over 365d), and 57% are rated High/Critical (all time). Top CWEs (last 365 days): CWE-338 - Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG), CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow, CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection').

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CVSS ≥ 0.0
2002-08-12
Critical

CVE-2002-0495

csSearch.cgi in csSearch 2.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Perl code via the savesetup command and the setup parameter, which overwrites the setup.cgi configuration file th…

2002-07-26
High

CVE-2002-0703

An interaction between the Perl MD5 module (perl-Digest-MD5) and Perl could produce incorrect MD5 checksums for UTF-8 data, which could prevent a system from properly verifying the integrity of the d…

2002-05-31
High

CVE-2002-0307

Directory traversal vulnerability in ans.pl in Avenger's News System (ANS) 2.11 and earlier allows remote attackers to determine the existence of arbitrary files or execute any Perl program on the sy…

2002-05-29
High

CVE-2002-0245

Lotus Domino server 5.0.8 with NoBanner enabled allows remote attackers to (1) determine the physical path of the server via a request for a nonexistent file with a .pl (Perl) extension, which leaks…

2001-10-18
High

CVE-2001-0733

The #sinclude directive in Embedded Perl (ePerl) 2.2.14 and earlier allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code by modifying the 'sinclude' file to point to another file that contains a #inclu…

2001-07-02
High

CVE-2001-0436

dcboard.cgi in DCForum 2000 1.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by uploading a Perl program to the server and using a .. (dot dot) in the AZ parameter to reference the program.

2001-06-28
Medium

CVE-2001-1290

admin.cgi in Active Classifieds Free Edition 1.0, and possibly commercial versions, allows remote attackers to modify the configuration, gain privileges, and execute arbitrary Perl code via the table…

2001-06-27
Medium

CVE-2001-0462

Directory traversal vulnerability in Perl web server 0.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the URL.

2001-03-12
Critical

CVE-2001-0113

statsconfig.pl in OmniHTTPd 2.07 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the mostbrowsers parameter, whose value is used as part of a generated Perl script.

2000-11-14
Medium

CVE-2000-0883

The default configuration of mod_perl for Apache as installed on Mandrake Linux 6.1 through 7.1 sets the /perl/ directory to be browseable, which allows remote attackers to list the contents of that…

1999-12-31
Medium

CVE-1999-1386

Perl 5.004_04 and earlier follows symbolic links when running with the -e option, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/perl-eaXXXXX file.

1999-03-17
High

CVE-1999-0462

suidperl in Linux Perl does not check the nosuid mount option on file systems, allowing local users to gain root access by placing a setuid script in a mountable file system, e.g. a CD-ROM or floppy…

1999-01-26
High

CVE-1999-0450

In IIS, an attacker could determine a real path using a request for a non-existent URL that would be interpreted by Perl (perl.exe).

1997-07-01
High

CVE-1999-0150

The Perl fingerd program allows arbitrary command execution from remote users.

1997-05-29
High

CVE-1999-0034

Buffer overflow in suidperl (sperl), Perl 4.x and 5.x.

1996-05-29
Critical

CVE-1999-0509

Perl, sh, csh, or other shell interpreters are installed in the cgi-bin directory on a WWW site, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.