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Mandriva Update for fcgi MDVSA-2012:001 (fcgi)

Information

Severity

Severity

High

Family

Family

Mandrake Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

7.5

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

12 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update for the 'fcgi' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.

Insight

Insight

A vulnerability has been found and corrected in fcgi: 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 (CVE-2011-2766). The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

Affected Software

Affected Software

fcgi on Mandriva Linux 2011.0, Mandriva Enterprise Server 5.2, Mandriva Linux 2010.1

Solution

Solution

Please Install the Updated Packages.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)