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Posted on 11 December 2012
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-2587-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/
December 11, 2012 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : libcgi-pm-perl
Vulnerability : HTTP header injection
Problem type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CVE-2012-5526
Debian Bug : 693421
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/
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
