CVE-2010-2253

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    CVE-2010-2253

    Published: 6 Jul 2010Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2010-001.html, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-981-1, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2872, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=591580, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=602800, http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/GAAS/libwww-perl-5.836/Changes, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050232.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050245.html, http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127411372529485&w=2, http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127611288927500&w=2

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    CVE-2010-2253 | CVE-DB