CVE-2011-2766

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.

• CWE-287

• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=607479Exploit, Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2327Third Party Advisory
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:001Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/08/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/08/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49549Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=736604Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69709Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/13154637Broken Link
• https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/13155253Broken Link
• https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=68380Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=607479Exploit, Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2327Third Party Advisory
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:001Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/08/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/08/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49549Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=736604Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69709Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/13154637Broken Link
• https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/13155253Broken Link
• https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=68380Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory

Published

Sep 23, 2011

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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