DEBIAN-CVE-2010-2253

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-2253
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2010-2253.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2010-2253
Upstream
Published
2010-07-06T17:17:13.360Z
Modified
2026-04-28T20:06:15.012054Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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

Affected packages

Debian:11 / libwww-perl

Package

Name
libwww-perl
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libwww-perl?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.835-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2010-2253.json"

Debian:12 / libwww-perl

Package

Name
libwww-perl
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libwww-perl?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.835-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2010-2253.json"

Debian:13 / libwww-perl

Package

Name
libwww-perl
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libwww-perl?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.835-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2010-2253.json"

Debian:14 / libwww-perl

Package

Name
libwww-perl
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libwww-perl?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.835-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2010-2253.json"