CVE-2003-1365 Information

Description

The escape_dangerous_chars function in CGI::Lite 2.0 and earlier does not correctly remove special characters including (1) \\ (backslash) (2) ?\ (3) ~\ (tilde) (4) ^\ (carat) (5) newline or (6) carriage return which could allow remote attackers to read or write arbitrary files or execute arbitrary commands in shell scripts that rely on CGI::Lite to filter such dangerous inputs.

Reference

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0065.html http://search.cpan.org/~smylers/CGI-Lite-2.02/Lite.pm http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3237 http://use.perl.org/~cbrooks/journal/10542 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/311414 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6833 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11308