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Status published
High
CVE-2016-2381
Perl might allow context-dependent attackers to bypass the taint protection...
Vulnerability Description
Perl might allow context-dependent attackers to bypass the taint protection mechanism in a child process via duplicate environment variables in envp.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-75
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3501
- http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/perl/porters/326387
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2916-1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83802
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00112.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
- http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/ae37b791a73a9e78dedb89fb2429d2628cf58076
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
perl, debian linux, communications billing and revenue management, configuration manager, database server, enterprise manager base platform, timesten in-memory database, solaris, opensuse, ubuntu linux
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 7.0, 8.0, 7.5, 12.1.2.0.6, 11.2.0.4, 12.1.0.2, 12.2.0.1, 18c, 19c, 13.2.0.0.0, 13.3.0.0.0, 11.3, 13.2, 12.04, 14.04, 15.10
Timeline
Official Publish:
April 8th, 2016
Last Modified:
August 5th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.