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Debian: DSA-2587-1 Moderate: libcgi-pm-perl HTTP Header Injection

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Calendar Grey December 11, 2012
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Enhance cgi-pm-perl library to address HTTP header injection flaws concerning Debian security measures.
It was discovered that the CGI module for Perl does not filter LF characters in the Set-Cookie and P3P headers, potentially allowing attackers to inject HTTP headers
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Summary

It was discovered that the CGI module for Perl does not filter LF
characters in the Set-Cookie and P3P headers, potentially allowing
attackers to inject HTTP headers.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 3.49-1squeeze2.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 3.61-2.

We recommend that you upgrade your libcgi-pm-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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Package: libcgi-pm-perl
CVE ID: CVE-2012-5526

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