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.
| Version | Base score | Base severity | Vector |
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| Hyperlink | Resource Type |
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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.
| Type | CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|---|
| text | N/A | n/a |
| Version | Base score | Base severity | Vector |
|---|
| CAPEC ID | Description |
|---|
| Event | Date |
|---|
| Hyperlink | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=602800 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127411372529485&w=2 | mailing-list x_refsource_MLIST |
| http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/GAAS/libwww-perl-5.836/Changes | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127611288927500&w=2 | mailing-list x_refsource_MLIST |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050245.html | vendor-advisory x_refsource_FEDORA |
| http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2010-001.html | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050232.html | vendor-advisory x_refsource_FEDORA |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=591580 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-981-1 | vendor-advisory x_refsource_UBUNTU |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2872 | vdb-entry x_refsource_VUPEN |
| Version | Base score | Base severity | Vector |
|---|
| CAPEC ID | Description |
|---|
| Event | Date |
|---|
| Hyperlink | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=602800 | x_refsource_CONFIRM x_transferred |
| http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127411372529485&w=2 | mailing-list x_refsource_MLIST x_transferred |
| http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/GAAS/libwww-perl-5.836/Changes | x_refsource_CONFIRM x_transferred |
| http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127611288927500&w=2 | mailing-list x_refsource_MLIST x_transferred |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050245.html | vendor-advisory x_refsource_FEDORA x_transferred |
| http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2010-001.html | x_refsource_MISC x_transferred |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050232.html | vendor-advisory x_refsource_FEDORA x_transferred |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=591580 | x_refsource_CONFIRM x_transferred |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-981-1 | vendor-advisory x_refsource_UBUNTU x_transferred |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2872 | vdb-entry x_refsource_VUPEN x_transferred |
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.
| Date Added | Due Date | Vulnerability Name | Required Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| N/A |
| Type | Version | Base score | Base severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary | 2.0 | 6.8 | MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |