CVE-2016-2381

perl: ambiguous environment variables handling

Published Apr 8, 2016 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 9.1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Perl might allow context-dependent attackers to bypass the taint protection mechanism in a child process via duplicate environment variables in envp.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3501-1 perl security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2916-1 Perl vulnerabilities
History
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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.25627}

epss

{'score': 0.18017}