CVE-2016-2381

HIGH

perl < 5.23.9 - Taint Protection Bypass via Duplicate Environment Variables

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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

References (13)

Core 13
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-75
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3501
Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/perl/porters/326387
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2916-1
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83802
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00112.html
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.2744
EPSS Percentile 96.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (19)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 12.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 15.10
debian/debian_linux 7.0
debian/debian_linux 8.0
opensuse/opensuse 13.2
oracle/communications_billing_and_revenue_management 7.5
oracle/configuration_manager 12.1.2.0.6
oracle/configuration_manager < 12.1.2.0.4
oracle/database_server 11.2.0.4
... and 9 more
Published Apr 08, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026