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CVE-2016-1238

HIGH

7.8

CVSS Score

Published: August 2, 2016 at 02:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:41 AM UTC

5 products affected across 5 vendorsDebian LinuxFedoraLeap

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Severity

HIGH7.8

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.8%

Description

(1) cpan/Archive-Tar/bin/ptar, (2) cpan/Archive-Tar/bin/ptardiff, (3) cpan/Archive-Tar/bin/ptargrep, (4) cpan/CPAN/scripts/cpan, (5) cpan/Digest-SHA/shasum, (6) cpan/Encode/bin/enc2xs, (7) cpan/Encode/bin/encguess, (8) cpan/Encode/bin/piconv, (9) cpan/Encode/bin/ucmlint, (10) cpan/Encode/bin/unidump, (11) cpan/ExtUtils-MakeMaker/bin/instmodsh, (12) cpan/IO-Compress/bin/zipdetails, (13) cpan/JSON-PP/bin/json_pp, (14) cpan/Test-Harness/bin/prove, (15) dist/ExtUtils-ParseXS/lib/ExtUtils/xsubpp, (16) dist/Module-CoreList/corelist, (17) ext/Pod-Html/bin/pod2html, (18) utils/c2ph.PL, (19) utils/h2ph.PL, (20) utils/h2xs.PL, (21) utils/libnetcfg.PL, (22) utils/perlbug.PL, (23) utils/perldoc.PL, (24) utils/perlivp.PL, and (25) utils/splain.PL in Perl 5.x before 5.22.3-RC2 and 5.24 before 5.24.1-RC2 do not properly remove . (period) characters from the end of the includes directory array, which might allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse module under the current working directory.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Spamassassin · Apache

95%

v < 3.4.2

Affected range stops below 3.4.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Debian Linux · Debiandrupal

95%

Fedora · Fedora Projectrpm

95%

Leap · openSUSEdrupal

95%

Perl · Perlcpan

95%

1.0.15 1.0.16 5.000 5.000o 5.001 5.001n 5.002 5.002_1 5.003 5.003_1 5.003_10 5.003_11 5.003_12 5.003_13 5.003_14 5.003_15 5.003_16 5.003_17 5.003_18 5.003_19 5.003_2 5.003_20 5.003_21 5.003_22 5.003_23 5.003_24 5.003_25 5.003_26 5.003_27 5.003_28 5.003_3 5.003_4 5.003_5 5.003_7 5.003_8 5.003_9 5.003_90 5.003_91 5.003_92 5.003_93 5.003_94 5.003_95 5.003_96 5.003_97 5.003_97a 5.003_97b 5.003_97c 5.003_97d 5.003_97e 5.003_97f 5.003_97g 5.003_97h 5.003_97i 5.003_97j 5.003_98 5.003_99 5.003_99a 5.004 5.004_1 5.004_2 5.004_3 5.004_4 5.004_5 5.005 5.005_1 5.005_2 5.005_3 5.005_4 5.10 5.10.0 5.10.1 5.10.1 rc1 5.10.1 rc2 5.11.0 5.11.1 5.11.2 5.11.3 5.11.4 5.11.5 5.12.0 5.12.0 rc0 5.12.0 rc1 5.12.0 rc2 5.12.0 rc3 5.12.0 rc4 5.12.0 rc5 5.12.1 5.12.1 rc0 5.12.1 rc1 5.12.1 rc2 5.12.2 5.12.2 rc1 5.12.3 5.12.3 rc1 5.12.3 rc2 5.12.3 rc3 5.12.4 5.12.4 rc1 5.12.4 rc2 5.12.5 5.12.5 rc1 5.12.5 rc2 5.13.0 5.13.1 5.13.10 5.13.11 5.13.2 5.13.3 5.13.4 5.13.5 5.13.6 5.13.7 5.13.8 5.13.9 5.14.0 5.14.0 rc1 5.14.0 rc2 5.14.0 rc3 5.14.1 5.14.1 rc1 5.14.2 5.14.2 rc1 5.14.3 5.14.3 rc1 5.14.3 rc2 5.14.4 5.14.4 rc1 5.14.4 rc2 5.15.0 5.15.1 5.15.2 5.15.3 5.15.4 5.15.5 5.15.6 5.15.7 5.15.8 5.15.9 5.16.0 5.16.0 rc1 5.16.0 rc2 5.16.1 5.16.2 5.16.3 5.16.3 rc1 5.17.0 5.17.1 5.17.10 5.17.11 5.17.2 5.17.3 5.17.4 5.17.5 5.17.6 5.17.7 5.17.7.0 5.17.8 5.17.9 5.18.0 5.18.0 rc1 5.18.0 rc2 5.18.0 rc3 5.18.0 rc4 5.18.1 5.18.2 5.18.2 rc1 5.18.2 rc2 5.18.2 rc3 5.18.2 rc4 5.18.3 5.18.3 rc1 5.18.3 rc2 5.18.4 5.19.0 5.19.1 5.19.10 5.19.11 5.19.2 5.19.3 5.19.4 5.19.5 5.19.6 5.19.7 5.19.8 5.19.9 5.20.0 5.20.0 rc1 5.20.1 5.20.1 rc1 5.20.1 rc2 5.20.2 5.20.2 rc1 5.20.3 5.20.3 rc1 5.20.3 rc2 5.21.0 5.21.1 5.21.10 5.21.11 5.21.2 5.21.3 5.21.4 5.21.5 5.21.6 5.21.7 5.21.8 5.21.9 5.22.0 5.22.0 rc1 5.22.0 rc2 5.22.1 5.22.1 rc1 5.22.1 rc2 5.22.1 rc3 5.22.1 rc4 5.22.2 5.22.2 rc1 5.22.3 rc1 5.24.0 5.24.0 rc1 5.24.0 rc2 5.24.0 rc3 5.24.0 rc4 5.24.0 rc5 5.24.1 rc1 5.6 5.6.0 5.6.1 5.6.2 5.7.3 5.8 5.8.0 5.8.1 5.8.2 5.8.3 5.8.4 5.8.5 5.8.6 5.8.7 5.8.8 5.8.9 5.8.9 rc1 5.9.0 5.9.1 5.9.2 5.9.3 5.9.4 5.9.5

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (15)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00002.html

x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking

Source: [email protected]

http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/cee96d52c39b1e7b36e1c62d38bcd8d86e9a41ab

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3628

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2016/07/msg238271.html

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92136

VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036440

x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST

Source: [email protected]

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7f6a16bc0fd0fd5e67c7fd95bd655069a2ac7d1f88e42d3c853e601c%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E

CVSS

7.8HIGH[email protected]

Attack Vector: LOCAL
Complexity: LOW
Privileges: LOW
User Interaction: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: HIGH
Integrity: HIGH
Availability: HIGH

Vector?

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StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-264

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