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FreeBSD Ports: p5-libwww
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory.
Insight
Insight
The following package is affected: p5-libwww 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 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.
Solution
Solution
Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades. http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/GAAS/libwww-perl-5.836/Changes http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/3a7c5fc4-b50c-11df-977b-ecc31dd8ad06.html