CVE - CVE-2010-2253

CVE-ID
CVE-2010-2253	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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.
References
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CONFIRM:http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/GAAS/libwww-perl-5.836/Changes CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=591580 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=602800 FEDORA:FEDORA-2010-15405 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050232.html FEDORA:FEDORA-2010-15532 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050245.html MISC:http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2010-001.html MLIST:[oss-security] 20100517 [oCERT-2010-001] multiple http client unexpected download filename vulnerability URL:http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127411372529485&w=2 MLIST:[oss-security] 20100609 Re: [oCERT-2010-001] multiple http client unexpected download filename vulnerability URL:http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127611288927500&w=2 UBUNTU:USN-981-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-981-1 VUPEN:ADV-2010-2872 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2872~~ (Obsolete source)
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20100609	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20100609)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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