CVE-2010-2253
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.28% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2010-07-06 14:00Z16 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 02:25Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2010-06-09
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- b86d9d6167adeae29e0b7504c68b33789e17fe765c479af7d3366390f3ac43f1
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=602800
- marc.info[oss-security] 20100517 [oCERT-2010-001] multiple http client unexpected download filename vulnerabilityhttp://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127411372529485&w=2
- cpansearch.perl.orghttp://cpansearch.perl.org/src/GAAS/libwww-perl-5.836/Changes
- marc.info[oss-security] 20100609 Re: [oCERT-2010-001] multiple http client unexpected download filename vulnerabilityhttp://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127611288927500&w=2
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2010-15532http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050245.html
- www.ocert.orghttp://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2010-001.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2010-15405http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050232.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=591580
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-981-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-981-1
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-2872http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2872
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- libwww-perl Fixed in 5.835-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libwww-perl Fixed in 5.835-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libwww-perl Fixed in 5.835-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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