CVE-2016-2381
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: April 8, 2016 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:43 AM UTC
10 products affected across 5 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxopenSUSE
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 9%
Description
Perl might allow context-dependent attackers to bypass the taint protection mechanism in a child process via duplicate environment variables in envp.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%v < 12.1.2.0.412.1.2.0.6
Affected range stops below 12.1.2.0.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 18.1.2.1.0
Affected range stops below 18.1.2.1.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (13)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00112.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/ae37b791a73a9e78dedb89fb2429d2628cf58076Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3501Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/perl/porters/326387x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83802CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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