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Debian: DSA-2327-1 Critical: libfcgi-perl Authentication Bypass

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Calendar Grey October 24, 2011
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Resolution for the libfcgi-perl vulnerability that poses a threat of bypassing authentication in FastCGI applications. An upgrade is strongly advised for those using Debian systems.
Ferdinand Smit discovered that libfcgi-perl, a Perl module for writing FastCGI applications, is incorrectly restoring environment variables of a prior request in subsequent request...
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Summary

Ferdinand Smit discovered that libfcgi-perl, a Perl module for writing
FastCGI applications, is incorrectly restoring environment variables of
a prior request in subsequent requests. In some cases this may lead
to authentication bypasses or worse.


The oldstable distribution (lenny) is not affected by this problem.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.71-1+squeeze1.

For the testing distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.73-2.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.73-2.

We recommend that you upgrade your libfcgi-perl packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/



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