Vulnerability in Apache Spamassassin
CVE-2016-1238
(1) cpan/Archive-Tar/bin/ptar, (2) cpan/Archive-Tar/bin/ptardiff, (3) cpan/Archive-Tar/bin/ptargrep, (4) cpan/CPAN/scripts/cpan, (5) cpan/Digest-SHA/shasum, (6) cpan/Encode/bin/enc2xs, (7) cpan/Encode/bin/encguess, (8) cpan/Encode/bin/piconv, (9) cpan/Encode/bin/ucmlint, (10) cpan/Encode/bin/unidump, (11) cpan/ExtUtils-MakeMaker/bin/instmodsh, (12) cpan/IO-Compress/bin/zipdetails, (13) cpan/JSON-PP/bin/json_pp, (14) cpan/Test-Harness/bin/prove, (15) dist/ExtUtils-ParseXS/lib/ExtUtils/xsubpp, (16) dist/Module-CoreList/corelist, (17) ext/Pod-Html/bin/pod2html, (18) utils/c2ph.PL, (19) utils/h2ph.PL, (20) utils/h2xs.PL, (21) utils/libnetcfg.PL, (22) utils/perlbug.PL, (23) utils/perldoc.PL, (24) utils/perlivp.PL, and (25) utils/splain.PL in Perl 5.x before 5.22.3-RC2 and 5.24 before 5.24.1-RC2 do not properly remove . (period) characters from the end of the includes directory array, which might allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse module under the current working directory.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.008 (55.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 55th percentile — 55.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apache Spamassassin
- Perl — versions 1.0.15, 1.0.16, 5.000
- Debian Linux — versions 8.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 23, 24
- openSUSE Leap — versions 15.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-75 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201812-07 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/cee96d52c39b1e7b36e1c62d38bcd8d86e9a41ab (Issue Tracking)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1036440 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3628 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/7f6a16bc0fd0fd5e67c7fd95bd655069a2ac7d1f88e42d3c85… (mailing-list)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2016/07/msg238271.html (mailing-list, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay (Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-1238?
- CVE-2016-1238 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apache Spamassassin, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2016-08-02.
- How severe is CVE-2016-1238?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2016-1238 known to be exploited?
- 7 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.