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mod_perl2 -- execute arbitrary Perl code

Affected packages
ap24-mod_perl2 < 2.0.11,3

Details

VuXML ID c360d057-ea8b-11e9-859b-b885849ded8e
Discovery 2011-07-19
Entry 2019-10-09

mod_perl2 2.0.11 fixes Arbitrary Perl code execution in the context of the user account via a user-owned .htaccess.

mod_perl 2.0 through 2.0.10 allows attackers to execute arbitrary Perl code by placing it in a user-owned .htaccess file, because (contrary to the documentation) there is no configuration option that permits Perl code for the administrator's control of HTTP request processing without also permitting unprivileged users to run Perl code in the context of the user account that runs Apache HTTP Server processes.

References

URL https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2826
URL https://bugs.debian.org/644169
URL https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2767
URL https://usn.ubuntu.com/3825-2/
URL https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105195