VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-2381
Perl might allow context-dependent attackers to bypass the taint protection mechanism in a child process via duplicate environment variables in envp.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 9.08%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (9.08%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Perl might allow context-dependent attackers to bypass the taint protection mechanism in a child process via duplicate environment variables in envp.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 9.08% probability · 95th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- perl/perl · debian/debian linux · oracle/communications billing and revenue management · oracle/configuration manager · oracle/database server · oracle/enterprise manager base platform · oracle/timesten in-memory database · oracle/solaris · opensuse/opensuse · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00112.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/ae37b791a73a9e78dedb89fb2429d2628cf58076Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3501Third Party Advisory
- http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/perl/porters/326387Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83802Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2916-1Third Party Advisory
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-75Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00112.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/ae37b791a73a9e78dedb89fb2429d2628cf58076Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3501Third Party Advisory
- http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/perl/porters/326387Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83802Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2916-1Third Party Advisory
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-75Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.htmlThird Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.