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 Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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

Updated: 2010-09-08T09:00:00

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


Link: CVE-2010-2253

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

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

Modified: 2018-10-30T16:26:37.763


Link: CVE-2010-2253

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