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libdata-validate-ip-perl — security advisory
The Data::Validate::IP module through 0.29 for Perl does not properly consider extraneous zero characters at the beginning of an IP address string, which (in some situations) allows attackers to bypass access control that is based on IP addresses.
- Products
- libdata-validate-ip-perl
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 0.30-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2021-29662
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 00:16 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
The Data::Validate::IP module through 0.29 for Perl does not properly consider extraneous zero characters at the beginning of an IP address string, which (in some situations) allows attackers to bypass access control that is based on IP addresses.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2021-29662
libdata-validate-ip-perl
Fixed versions: 0.30-1
libdata-validate-ip-perl
Fixed versions: 0.30-1
libdata-validate-ip-perl
Fixed versions: 0.30-1
Complete source record
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