Perl 5.x - Digest Module 'Digest->new()' Code Injection

Author: anonymous
type: remote
platform: linux
port: 
date_added: 2011-10-02 
date_updated: 2015-02-27 
verified: 1 
codes: CVE-2011-3597;OSVDB-75990 
tags: 
aliases:  
screenshot_url:  
application_url: 

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49911/info

The Digest module for Perl is prone to a vulnerability that will let attackers inject and execute arbitrary Perl code.

Remote attackers can exploit this issue to run arbitrary code in the context of the affected application.

Digest versions prior to 1.17 are affected.

Digest->new("::MD5lprint 'ownaide\n';exit(1);");