Improper Input Validation Affecting libfcgi-perl package, versions <0.77-1+deb8u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.38% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-LIBFCGIPERL-271804
  • published19 Feb 2015
  • disclosed19 Feb 2015

Introduced: 19 Feb 2015

CVE-2012-6687  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 libfcgi-perl to version 0.77-1+deb8u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libfcgi-perl package and not the libfcgi-perl package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

FastCGI (aka fcgi and libfcgi) 2.4.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a large number of connections.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1