CVE-2016-2381

7.5 HIGH

Published: April 08, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026

Description

Perl might allow context-dependent attackers to bypass the taint protection mechanism in a child process via duplicate environment variables in envp.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00112.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/ae37b791a73a9e78dedb89fb2429d2628cf58076

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3501

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/perl/porters/326387

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83802

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2916-1

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-75

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00112.html