Improper Input Validation Affecting perl-libnetcfg package, versions <0:5.42.2-524.hum1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
9.08% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-PERLLIBNETCFG-20990627
  • published16 Oct 2026
  • disclosed1 Mar 2016

Introduced: 1 Mar 2016

CVE-2016-2381  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:10 perl-libnetcfg to version 0:5.42.2-524.hum1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2026:6206.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perl-libnetcfg package and not the perl-libnetcfg package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

Perl might allow context-dependent attackers to bypass the taint protection mechanism in a child process via duplicate environment variables in envp.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1