CVE-2011-3597
Eval injection vulnerability in the Digest module before 1.17 for Perl allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the new constructor.
02 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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 13.05% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 96.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2012-01-13 18:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 23:37Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2011-09-21
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 8439a7435d53293a08cf343de06cd5c1fdb68968ed8eb076de7f9945c5b0eaaf
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2011:1797http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1797.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=743010
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2012:009http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:009
- aix.software.ibm.comhttp://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/perl_advisory2.asc
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1643-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1643-1
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:19446https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19446
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2012:008http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:008
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2011:1424http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1424.html
- kb.juniper.nethttp://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
- secunia.com46279http://secunia.com/advisories/46279
- secunia.com51457http://secunia.com/advisories/51457
- kb.juniper.nethttp://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10735
- cpansearch.perl.orghttp://cpansearch.perl.org/src/GAAS/Digest-1.17/Changes
- www.securityfocus.com49911http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49911
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- perl Fixed in 5.12.4-6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- perl Fixed in 5.12.4-6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- perl Fixed in 5.12.4-6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.