CVE-2012-6141 (GCVE-0-2012-6141)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-06-04 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 21:28
VLAI
Summary
The App::Context module 0.01 through 0.968 for Perl does not properly use the Storable::thaw function, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted request to (1) App::Session::Cookie or (2) App::Session::HTMLHidden, which is not properly handled when it is deserialized.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 81/100 over 974 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q2/318 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
Date Public
2013-05-12 00:00
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