CPANSA-libwww-perl-2010-01: libwww-perl vulnerability
| Publisher | giterlizzi | Document category | csaf_security_advisory |
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| Initial release date | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | Engine | CSAF Perl Toolkit 0.25 |
| Current release date | 2010-07-06T00:00:00 | Build Date | |
| Current version | 1 | Status | final |
| CVSS v3.1 Base Score | Severity | ||
| Original language | Language | en | |
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Vulnerability Description
lwp-download in libwww-perl before 5.835 does not reject downloads to filenames that begin with a . (dot) character, which allows remote servers to create or overwrite files via (1) a 3xx redirect to a URL with a crafted filename or (2) a Content-Disposition header that suggests a crafted filename, and possibly execute arbitrary code as a consequence of writing to a dotfile in a home directory.
Vulnerabilities
CVE-2010-2253
Vulnerability Descriptionlwp-download in libwww-perl before 5.835 does not reject downloads to filenames that begin with a . (dot) character, which allows remote servers to create or overwrite files via (1) a 3xx redirect to a URL with a crafted filename or (2) a Content-Disposition header that suggests a crafted filename, and possibly execute arbitrary code as a consequence of writing to a dotfile in a home directory.
| Weakness | CWE-20 : Improper Input Validation |
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Product status
Known affected
| Product | Score | ||||||||
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| libwww-perl less than 5.835 |
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Fixed
- libwww-perl greater than or equal 5.835
giterlizzi
Namespace: https://github.com/giterlizzi/
gdt@cpan.org
References
- CPANSA-libwww-perl-2010-01 JSON self
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/giterlizzi/perl-CPANSA-CSAF/develop/csaf/white/2010/cpansa-libwww-perl-2010-01.json - http://vttynotes.blogspot.com/2010/12/man-in-middle-fun-with-perl-lwp.html external
http://vttynotes.blogspot.com/2010/12/man-in-middle-fun-with-perl-lwp.html - http://vttynotes.blogspot.com/2011/03/quick-note-on-lwp-and-perl-security-cve.html external
http://vttynotes.blogspot.com/2011/03/quick-note-on-lwp-and-perl-security-cve.html - CVE-2010-2253 (NVD) external
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2253
Revision history
| Version | Date of the revision | Summary of the revision |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue Jul 6 00:00:00 2010 | First release |
Sharing rules
TLP:WHITE
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