CVE-2002-2131

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2002-2131 · Published 31/12/2002 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2002-2131 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting perl-httpd (perl-httpd).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.0%, higher than 80.8% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
perl-httpd perl-httpd	`= 1.0= 1.0.1`	No fix yet

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Perl-HTTPd before 1.0.2 allows remote attackers to view arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in an unknown argument.

References

citrustech.net/~chrisj/perl-httpd/INFO.txt
iss.net/security_center/static/10992.php · Patch
securityfocus.com/bid/6497 · Patch

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