CVE-2017-16248

NameCVE-2017-16248
DescriptionThe Catalyst-Plugin-Static-Simple module before 0.34 for Perl allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files if there is a '.' character anywhere in the pathname, which differs from the intended policy of allowing access only when the filename itself has a '.' character.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs880458

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
libcatalyst-plugin-static-simple-perl (PTS)buster, bullseye0.36-1fixed
bookworm, sid, trixie0.37-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libcatalyst-plugin-static-simple-perlsource(unstable)0.34-1880458

Notes

[stretch] - libcatalyst-plugin-static-simple-perl <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[jessie] - libcatalyst-plugin-static-simple-perl <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=120558

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