CVE-2016-2381

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    CVE-2016-2381

    Published: 8 Apr 2016Last Modified: 7 Aug 2026

    Summary:

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

    References: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00112.html, http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/ae37b791a73a9e78dedb89fb2429d2628cf58076, http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3501, http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/perl/porters/326387, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83802, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2916-1, https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-75, https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html, https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -8f6d78186d3cbb6ae14697aeb3f10a2273fcbd6f

    Affected versions

    v5.23.7
    v5.23.6
    v5.23.4
    v5.23.3
    v5.23.2
    v5.23.1
    v5.23.0

    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