CVE-2001-0815 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in PerlIS.dll in Activestate ActivePerl 5.6.1.629 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an HTTP request for a long filename that ends in a .pl extension.

Published: 2002-03-09

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 35.9% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:activestate:activeperl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.35934.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.activestate.com/show_bug.cgi?id=18062
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100583978302585&w=2
http://www.osvdb.org/678
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3526
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7539

History

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Subscriptions

Activestate Activeperl

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-03-09T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:37:06.864Z

Reserved: 2001-11-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2001-0815

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-12-06T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2001-0815

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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