Perl might allow context-dependent attackers to bypass the taint protection mechanism in a child process via duplicate environment variables in envp.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade perl | Mar 2, 2016 | Mar 1, 2016 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade perl5.22Upgrade perlUpgrade perl5Upgrade perl5.18Upgrade perl5.20 | Dec 10, 2025 | May 10, 2016 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade dev-lang/perl. | Oct 30, 2017 | Apr 8, 2016 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade perl-coreUpgrade perl-macrosUpgrade perl-libsUpgrade perlUpgrade perl-devel | Feb 22, 2021 | Apr 8, 2016 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | — | Upgrade perl-libsUpgrade perlUpgrade perl-develUpgrade perl-macrosUpgrade perl-core | Jan 20, 2021 | Apr 8, 2016 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5 | — | Upgrade perl-coreUpgrade perl-macrosUpgrade perl-develUpgrade perlUpgrade perl-libs | Feb 3, 2021 | Apr 8, 2016 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade runtime/perl-threaded-512 to version 5.12.5-0.175.3.9.0.2.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade runtime/perl-512 to version 5.12.5-0.175.3.9.0.2.0 on Solaris 11.3 | May 29, 2017 | Apr 8, 2016 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Mar 1, 2016 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade perl-32bitUpgrade perl-baseUpgrade perl-x86Upgrade perl-base-32bitUpgrade perl-Module-BuildUpgrade perlUpgrade sles12sp1-docker-imageUpgrade perl-docUpgrade perl-Test-SimpleUpgrade sles12-docker-image | Apr 8, 2016 | Apr 8, 2016 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade perl | Mar 2, 2016 | Mar 2, 2016 |
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