CVE-2011-3597 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 13.1% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Eval injection vulnerability in the Digest module before 1.17 for Perl allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the new constructor.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 13.05% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-20 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2012-01-13 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| gisle aas | digest |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Perl 5.x - Digest Module 'Digest->new()' Code Injection | 2011-10-02 |
References
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/perl_advisory2.asc
- http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/GAAS/Digest-1.17/Changes
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10735
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46279
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51457
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:008
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:009
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1424.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1797.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49911
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1643-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=743010
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19446
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/perl_advisory2.asc
- http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/GAAS/Digest-1.17/Changes
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10735
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46279
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51457
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