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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2010-2253 Detail

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/GAAS/libwww-perl-5.836/Changes CVE, MITRE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050232.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050245.html CVE, MITRE
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127411372529485&w=2 CVE, MITRE
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127611288927500&w=2 CVE, MITRE
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2010-001.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-981-1 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2872 CVE, MITRE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=591580 CVE, MITRE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=602800 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2010-2253
NVD Published Date:
07/06/2010
NVD Last Modified:
04/10/2025
Source:
MITRE