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CVE-2016-2381 Details

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 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector: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

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00112.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/ae37b791a73a9e78dedb89fb2429d2628cf58076 CVEVendor Advisory
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-75 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html CVEThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-20Improper Input Validation[email protected]

Affected Products

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Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-2381
NVD Published Date:
Apr 8, 2016
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2016-2381 Details - Not Deferred