ubuntu-cve-2021-4456
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2026-02-27 01:16
Modified
2026-03-20 04:52
Summary
Details

Net::CIDR versions before 0.24 for Perl mishandle leading zeros in IP CIDR addresses, which may have unspecified impact. The functions addr2cidr and cidrlookup may return leading zeros in a CIDR string, which may in turn be parsed as octal numbers by subsequent users. In some cases an attacker may be able to leverage this to bypass access controls based on IP addresses. The documentation advises validating untrusted CIDR strings with the cidrvalidate function. However, this mitigation is optional and not enforced by default. In practice, users may call addr2cidr or cidrlookup with untrusted input and without validation, incorrectly assuming that this is safe.

Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "Net::CIDR versions before 0.24 for Perl mishandle leading zeros in IP CIDR addresses, which may have unspecified impact. The functions `addr2cidr` and `cidrlookup` may return leading zeros in a CIDR string, which may in turn be parsed as octal numbers by subsequent users. In some cases an attacker may be able to leverage this to bypass access controls based on IP addresses. The documentation advises validating untrusted CIDR strings with the `cidrvalidate` function. However, this mitigation is optional and not enforced by default. In practice, users may call `addr2cidr` or `cidrlookup` with untrusted input and without validation, incorrectly assuming that this is safe.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2021-4456",
  "modified": "2026-03-20T04:52:23Z",
  "published": "2026-02-27T01:16:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-4456"
    },
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      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-4456"
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      "url": "https://lists.security.metacpan.org/cve-announce/msg/37425715/"
    },
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      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://blog.urth.org/2021/03/29/security-issues-in-perl-ip-address-distros/"
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      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8110-1"
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    "USN-8110-1"
  ],
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  "severity": [
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2021-4456"
  ]
}



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