CVE-2016-2381

Summary

CVECVE-2016-2381
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-04-08 15:59:00 UTC
Updated2020-09-10 13:20:00 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

Problem Types: CWE-20

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 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 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
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Billing And Revenue Management 7.5 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 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 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
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
Operating System Oracle Solaris 11.3 All All All
Application Oracle Timesten In-memory Database All All All All
Application Oracle Timesten In-memory Database All All All All
Application Perl Perl All All All All
Application Perl Perl All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3501-1 perl DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2020 MISC www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
AWS, Azure, Managed Cloud & Security in Canada | Carbon60 MLIST www.gossamer-threads.com Third Party Advisory
Perl 'perl.c' CVE-2016-2381 Security Bypass Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Document Display | HPE Support Center CONFIRM h20566.www2.hpe.com Third Party Advisory
USN-2916-1: Perl vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Perl: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-75) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2016:0881-1: moderate: Security update for perl SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
perl5.git.perl.org Git CONFIRM perl5.git.perl.org Vendor Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2020 N/A www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update - July 2017 CONFIRM www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update - October 2017 CONFIRM www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
Oracle Solaris Bulletin - July 2016 CONFIRM 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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