CVE-2016-2381
high
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.5
Description
Perl might allow context-dependent attackers to bypass the taint protection mechanism in a child process via duplicate environment variables in envp.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| suse | 13.2 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 12.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 14.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 15.10 | affected | |
| debian | 7.0 | affected | |
| debian | 8.0 | affected | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 5.22.1-8 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 5.22.1-8 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 5.22.1-8 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 5.22.1-8 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 5.22.1-8 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| perl | perl | {"endExcluding":"5.23.9"} | 5.23.9 |
| oracle | communications_billing_and_revenue_management | 7.5 | |
| oracle | configuration_manager | {"endExcluding":"12.1.2.0.4"} | 12.1.2.0.4 |
| oracle | configuration_manager | 12.1.2.0.6 | |
| oracle | database_server | 11.2.0.4 | |
| oracle | database_server | 12.1.0.2 | |
| oracle | database_server | 12.2.0.1 | |
| oracle | database_server | 18c | |
| oracle | database_server | 19c | |
| oracle | enterprise_manager_base_platform | 13.2.0.0.0 | |
| oracle | enterprise_manager_base_platform | 13.3.0.0.0 | |
| oracle | timesten_in-memory_database | {"endExcluding":"18.1.2.1.0"} | 18.1.2.1.0 |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2381.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00112.html
- http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/ae37b791a73a9e78dedb89fb2429d2628cf58076
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3501
- http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/perl/porters/326387
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83802
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2916-1
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-75
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2381
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.