CVE-2010-2253
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Jul 6, 2010
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Jun 9, 2010
Description
lwp-download in libwww-perl before 5.835 does not reject downloads to filenames that begin with a . (dot) character, which allows remote servers to create or overwrite files via (1) a 3xx redirect to a URL with a crafted filename or (2) a Content-Disposition header that suggests a crafted filename, and possibly execute arbitrary code as a consequence of writing to a dotfile in a home directory.
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=602800
- [oss-security] 20100517 [oCERT-2010-001] multiple http client unexpected download filename vulnerabilitymailing-list
- http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/GAAS/libwww-perl-5.836/Changes
- [oss-security] 20100609 Re: [oCERT-2010-001] multiple http client unexpected download filename vulnerabilitymailing-list
- FEDORA-2010-15532vendor-advisory
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2010-001.html
- FEDORA-2010-15405vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=591580
- USN-981-1vendor-advisory
- ADV-2010-2872vdb-entry
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