CVE-2021-4456
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
Net::CIDR versions before 0.24 for Perl mishandle leading zeros in IP CIDR addresses, which may have unspecified impact.
The functions addr2cidr and cidrlookup may return leading zeros in a CIDR string, which may in turn be parsed as octal numbers by subsequent users. In some cases an attacker may be able to leverage this to bypass access controls based on IP addresses.
The documentation advises validating untrusted CIDR strings with the cidrvalidate function. However, this mitigation is optional and not enforced by default. In practice, users may call addr2cidr or cidrlookup with untrusted input and without validation, incorrectly assuming that this is safe.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| MRSAM | Net::CIDR | 0 < 0.24 | affected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-704: CWE-704 Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast
ADP Enrichment
CISA ADP Vulnrichment
- SSVC:
- Exploitation: poc
- Automatable: yes
- Technical Impact: partial
References
- https://blog.urth.org/2021/03/29/security-issues-in-perl-ip-address-distros/
- https://github.com/svarshavchik/Net-CIDR/commit/e3648c6bc6bdd018f90cca4149c467017d42bd10
- https://metacpan.org/dist/Net-CIDR/changes
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