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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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T02:25:07.548Z
Reserved: 2010-06-09T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2010-2253

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Status : Modified
Published: 2010-07-06T17:17:13.360
Modified: 2024-11-21T01:16:14.827
Link: CVE-2010-2253
