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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2010-07-06T14:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T02:25:07.548Z

Reserved: 2010-06-09T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2010-2253

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2010-07-06T17:17:13.360

Modified: 2024-11-21T01:16:14.827

Link: CVE-2010-2253

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2010-05-17T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2010-2253 - Bugzilla