UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2381

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2381
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2381.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2381
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Published
2016-03-01T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-07-18T16:43:26Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / perl

Package

Name
perl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/perl@5.18.2-2ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.18.2-2ubuntu1.1

Affected versions

5.*

5.14.2-21build1
5.18.1-4
5.18.1-4build1
5.18.1-5
5.18.2-2
5.18.2-2ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libcgi-fast-perl",
            "binary_version": "5.18.2-2ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libperl-dev",
            "binary_version": "5.18.2-2ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libperl5.18",
            "binary_version": "5.18.2-2ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "perl",
            "binary_version": "5.18.2-2ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "perl-base",
            "binary_version": "5.18.2-2ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "perl-debug",
            "binary_version": "5.18.2-2ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "perl-doc",
            "binary_version": "5.18.2-2ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "perl-modules",
            "binary_version": "5.18.2-2ubuntu1.1"
        }
    ]
}