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HTTP_ActivePerl_Overflow attack

which according to NIS is

HTTP_ActivePerl_Overflow

Severity: Medium

This attack could pose a moderate security threat. It does not require immediate action.

Attack Category: Suspicious Activity

Anomalous network conditions or traffic patterns. A suspicious activity signature, for example, might detect two systems with identical IP addresses, a condition that indicates an attempted IP spoofing attack.

Description

Older versions of ActivePerl on Windows have a buffer overflow vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code at the privilege level of the Web server process. This signature detects attempts to exploit the ActivePerl vulnerability through HTTP.

sorry Courier cos they are fab pics

yours WW