Auth bypass in Fast Cgi Project

CVE-2011-2766

The FCGI (aka Fast CGI) module 0.70 through 0.73 for Perl, as used by CGI::Fast, uses environment variable values from one request during processing of a later request, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via crafted HTTP headers.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.072 (93.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

  • cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
  • cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
  • cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Broken Link, x_refsource_SUSE)
  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
  • cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Broken Link, x_refsource_SUSE)
  • cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)