CVE-2011-2766

N/A Unknown

Published: September 23, 2011 Modified: April 29, 2026

Description

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=607479

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Issue Tracking Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2327

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:001

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/08/1

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/08/2

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49549

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=736604

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69709

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/13154637

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link

https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/13155253

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link

https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=68380

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=607479