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Improper Input Validation

CVE-2007-1349

Medium
5/10

Summary

PerlRun.pm in Apache mod_perl before 1.30, and RegistryCooker.pm in mod_perl 2.x before 2.0.4, does not properly escape "PATH_INFO" before use in a regular expression, which allows remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service (resource consumption) via a crafted URI.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL

CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published