CVE-2021-29424
The Net::Netmask module before 2.0000 for Perl does not properly consider extraneous zero characters at the beginning of an IP address string, which (in some situations) allows attackers to bypass
02 Description
The Net::Netmask module before 2.0000 for Perl does not properly consider extraneous zero characters at the beginning of an IP address string, which (in some situations) allows attackers to bypass
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
- 1.79% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 78.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
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
- 2021-03-29 23:02Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-03 22:02Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2021-03-29
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-704Incorrect Type Conversion or CastClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- a9ce4db06e72549cfabded932448ee06021f69cf455189f345eefcc48fddd16e
05 Affected products
06 References
- blog.urth.orghttps://blog.urth.org/2021/03/29/security-issues-in-perl-ip-address-distros/
- metacpan.orghttps://metacpan.org/changes/distribution/Net-Netmask#L11-22
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-3d96cfe6a3https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CBJVLXJSWN6DKSF5ADUEERI6M23R3GGP/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-be62be8c7chttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JF4CYIZELC3NISB3RMV4OCI4GYBC557B/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-c314017fcchttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Y7JIPQAY5OZ5D3DA7INQILU7SGHTHMWB/
- security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210604-0007/
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- libnet-netmask-perl Fixed in 1.9104-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libnet-netmask-perl Fixed in 1.9104-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libnet-netmask-perl Fixed in 1.9104-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- libnet-netmask-perl No fix yet
- libnetwork-ipv4addr-perl No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- libnet-netmask-perl No fix yet
- libnetwork-ipv4addr-perl No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- libnet-netmask-perl No fix yet
- libnetwork-ipv4addr-perl No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- libnetwork-ipv4addr-perl No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- libnetwork-ipv4addr-perl No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 25.10
- libnetwork-ipv4addr-perl No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
- libnetwork-ipv4addr-perl No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 26.10
- libnetwork-ipv4addr-perl No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. 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.