PT-2010-3839 · Perl · Libwww-Perl

Daniele Bianco + 2 · Published 2010-07-06 · Updated 2018-10-30 · CVE-2010-2253

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libwww-perl versions prior to 5.835

Description The issue allows remote servers to create or overwrite files through a 3xx redirect to a URL with a crafted filename or a Content-Disposition header that suggests a crafted filename. This can possibly lead to the execution of arbitrary code as a consequence of writing to a dotfile in a home directory. The problem arises because the software does not reject downloads to filenames that begin with a . (dot) character.

Recommendations For versions prior to 5.835, update to version 5.835 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the lwp-download function to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the lwp-download function with untrusted URLs or servers until the issue is resolved.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-2253

Affected Products

Libwww-Perl

References · 15

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2253 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2010-2253 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050245.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-2253 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2010-2253 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-981-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050232.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/GAAS/libwww-perl-5.836/Changes · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=602800 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127411372529485&w=2 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2872 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-2253 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127611288927500&w=2 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=591580 · Note
• http://ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2010-001.html · Note