DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2381

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 1
Upstream
CVE-2016-2381
Downstream
DSA-3501-1
Published: 08 Apr 2016, 15:59
Last modified:28 Apr 2026, 20:15

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
3.1 (osv_debian)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

08 Apr 2016, 15:59
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
28 Apr 2026, 20:15
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Perl might allow context-dependent attackers to bypass the taint protection mechanism in a child process via duplicate environment variables in envp.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected Systems

  • debian•perl

    < 5.22.1-8 | < 5.22.1-8 | < 5.22.1-8 | < 5.22.1-8

References (1)