CVE-2001-0815 | Activestate Activeperl 5.6.1.629 HTTP Request Encoding perlis.dll memory corruption (EDB-21152 / Nessus ID 10811)
A vulnerability was found in Activestate Activeperl 5.6.1.629. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code in the library perlis.dll of the component HTTP Request Encoding Handler. The manipulation with the input <filename>.pl leads to memory corruption.
This vulnerability was named CVE-2001-0815. The attack can be initiated remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.
It is recommended to apply restrictive firewalling.