CVE-2016-2381

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-2381
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-04-08 15:59:05 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionPerl might allow context-dependent attackers to bypass the taint protection mechanism in a child process via duplicate environment variables in envp.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.5 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
2.0[email protected]Primary5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Billing And Revenue Management 7.5 All All All
Application Oracle Configuration Manager All All All All
Application Oracle Configuration Manager 12.1.2.0.6 All All All
Application Oracle Database Server 11.2.0.4 All All All
Application Oracle Database Server 12.1.0.2 All All All
Application Oracle Database Server 12.2.0.1 All All All
Application Oracle Database Server 18c All All All
Application Oracle Database Server 19c All All All
Application Oracle Enterprise Manager Base Platform 13.2.0.0.0 All All All
Application Oracle Enterprise Manager Base Platform 13.3.0.0.0 All All All
Operating System Oracle Solaris 11.3 All All All
Application Oracle Timesten In-memory Database All All All All
Application Perl Perl All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-2916-1: Perl vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Document Display | HPE Support Center af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 h20566.www2.hpe.com Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2016:0881-1: moderate: Security update for perl af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
perl5.git.perl.org Git af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 perl5.git.perl.org Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3501-1 perl af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
AWS, Azure, Managed Cloud & Security in Canada | Carbon60 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gossamer-threads.com Third Party Advisory
Perl: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-75) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Perl 'perl.c' CVE-2016-2381 Security Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2020 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update - October 2017 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
Oracle Solaris Bulletin - July 2016 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update - July 2017 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2020 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710392 Gentoo Linux Perl Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-75)
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