The Perl Jam 2 - The Camel Strikes Back
Offered By: Black Hat via YouTube
Course Description
Overview
Explore the controversial world of Perl vulnerabilities in this provocative 27-minute Black Hat conference talk. Delve into the fundamental issues of the Perl language, examining 0-day exploits in Bugzilla, remote code execution vulnerabilities in CGI.pm documentation, and critical flaws in popular CGI modules like Mojolicious, Catalyst, and PSGI. Analyze how these issues affect nearly every Perl-based CGI application in existence. Gain insights into the debate surrounding language design, developer responsibility, and the potential pitfalls of Perl's "There's More Than One Way To Do It" (TMTOWTDI) philosophy. Challenge your understanding of Perl security and consider the implications for developers and the broader programming community.
Syllabus
The Perl Jam 2: The Camel Strikes Back
Taught by
Black Hat
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