UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2381

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2381

    Published: 1 Mar 2016Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-2381
    Aliases:
    USN-2916-1

    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: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2381, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2916-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2381

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: perl

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -5.18.2-2ubuntu1.1

    Affected versions

    5.14.2-21build1

    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
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