CVE-2011-3597

Exp

Eval injection vulnerability in the Digest module before 1.17 for Perl allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the new constructor.

Published: 2012-01-13 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2011-3597 is rated High Exploit Risk (82.5/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 13.53%, 96th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +3.92% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2011-3597

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
36199 exploit_db edb 2011-10-02 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-3597

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 9.61% 13.53% +3.92%
2 2026-05-02 9.93% 9.61% -0.32%
3 2026-02-17 — 9.93% —

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2011-3597

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2011-3597

OS Trackers for CVE-2011-3597

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2011-3597 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (perl), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-3597
gentoo high CVE-2011-3597: 1 GLSA(s) (201401-33), 1 atom(s) (perl-core/digest-base); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2011-3597
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3597
ubuntu low CVE-2011-3597 low priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (libdigest-perl, perl), 20 status rows across 10 suites (hardy, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, upstream): not-affected 8, ignored 7, released 5. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-3597

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2011-3597

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gisle_aas digest 1.00 cpe:2.3:a:gisle_aas:digest:1.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gisle_aas digest 1.01 cpe:2.3:a:gisle_aas:digest:1.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gisle_aas digest 1.02 cpe:2.3:a:gisle_aas:digest:1.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gisle_aas digest 1.03 cpe:2.3:a:gisle_aas:digest:1.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gisle_aas digest 1.04 cpe:2.3:a:gisle_aas:digest:1.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gisle_aas digest 1.05 cpe:2.3:a:gisle_aas:digest:1.05:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gisle_aas digest 1.06 cpe:2.3:a:gisle_aas:digest:1.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gisle_aas digest 1.07 cpe:2.3:a:gisle_aas:digest:1.07:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gisle_aas digest 1.08 cpe:2.3:a:gisle_aas:digest:1.08:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gisle_aas digest 1.09 cpe:2.3:a:gisle_aas:digest:1.09:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gisle_aas digest 1.10 cpe:2.3:a:gisle_aas:digest:1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gisle_aas digest 1.11 cpe:2.3:a:gisle_aas:digest:1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gisle_aas digest 1.12 cpe:2.3:a:gisle_aas:digest:1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gisle_aas digest 1.13 cpe:2.3:a:gisle_aas:digest:1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gisle_aas digest 1.14 cpe:2.3:a:gisle_aas:digest:1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gisle_aas digest 1.15 cpe:2.3:a:gisle_aas:digest:1.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gisle_aas digest 1.16 cpe:2.3:a:gisle_aas:digest:1.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2011-3597

URL Tags
http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/perl_advisory2.asc
http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/GAAS/Digest-1.17/Changes
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10735
http://secunia.com/advisories/46279 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51457
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:008
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:009
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1424.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1797.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49911
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1643-1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=743010 Patch
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19446
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