{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2010-2253","details":"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.","modified":"2026-09-18T06:47:26.840417542Z","published":"2010-07-06T17:17:13.360Z","upstream":["CVE-2010-2253"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-2253"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"libwww-perl","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/libwww-perl?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.835-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"low"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2010-2253.json"}},{"package":{"name":"libwww-perl","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/libwww-perl?arch=source&distro=trixie"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.835-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"low"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2010-2253.json"}},{"package":{"name":"libwww-perl","ecosystem":"Debian:14","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/libwww-perl?arch=source&distro=forky"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.835-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"low"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2010-2253.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}