ALPINE-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.
Risk Scores
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.23 | spamassassin | 0, 3.2.5-r0, 3.3.0-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.16 | spamassassin | 0, 3.4.1-r8, 3.4.1-r7 |
| Alpine:v3.9 | spamassassin | 0, 3.3.1-r8, 3.3.1-r7 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | spamassassin | 3.4.0-r1, 3.4.1-r0, 3.4.1-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.3 | perl | 5.14.0-r0, 5.10.0-r0, 5.10.1-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.15 | spamassassin | 0, 3.4.1-r8, 3.4.1-r7 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | spamassassin | 0, 3.4.1-r8, 3.4.1-r7 |
| Alpine:v3.12 | spamassassin | 3.3.1-r7, 0, 3.2.5-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.8 | spamassassin | 3.3.2-r1, 3.4.0-r0, 3.4.0-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.14 | spamassassin | 3.4.1-r2, 3.4.0-r0, 3.4.0-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.17 | spamassassin | 0, 3.3.2-r1, 3.4.0-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.11 | spamassassin | 3.4.1-r4, 0, 3.2.5-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | spamassassin | 0, 3.4.1-r8, 3.4.1-r7 |
| Alpine:v3.19 | spamassassin | 3.3.1-r3, 0, 3.4.1-r8 |
| Alpine:v3.18 | spamassassin | 0, 3.3.0-r1, 3.3.1-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.10 | spamassassin | 3.2.5-r0, 3.4.1-r8, 3.4.1-r7 |
| Alpine:v3.4 | perl | 5.14.2-r1, 0, 5.22.2-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | spamassassin | 0 |
| Alpine:v3.13 | spamassassin | 3.2.5-r1, 3.3.0-r1, 3.3.1-r0 |
Timeline
- Aug 2, 2016 CVE Published
- Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
- Jun 9, 2026 CVE Updated