Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : perl-Dancer (MDVSA-2013:184)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 67013

Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

Updated perl-Dancer package fixes CVE-2012-5572

A security flaw was found in the way Dancer.pm, lightweight yet powerful web application framework / Perl language module, performed sanitization of values to be used for cookie() and cookies() methods.
A remote attacker could use this flaw to inject arbitrary headers into responses from (Perl) applications, that use Dancer.pm (CVE-2012-5572).

Solution

Update the affected perl-Dancer package.

See Also

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2013-0183.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 67013

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2013-184.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Published: 6/28/2013

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:perl-dancer, cpe:/o:mandriva:business_server:1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/27/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-5572

BID: 56711

MDVSA: 2013:184