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CVE-2015-8607

Published: 13/01/2016 Updated: 15/07/2020
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.5 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 10
CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.3 | Impact Score: 3.4 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
VMScore: 668
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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Vulnerability Summary

The canonpath function in the File::Spec module in PathTools prior to 3.62, as used in Perl, does not properly preserve the taint attribute of data, which might allow context-dependent malicious users to bypass the taint protection mechanism via a crafted string.

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Debian CVElist Bug Report Logs: perl: CVE-2015-8607: XS File::Spec::canonpath loses taint
Debian Bug report logs - #810719 perl: CVE-2015-8607: XS File::Spec::canonpath loses taint Package: perl-base; Maintainer for perl-base is Niko Tyni <ntyni@debianorg>; Source for perl-base is src:perl (PTS, buildd, popcon) Reported by: Dominic Hargreaves <dom@earthli> Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2016 14:42:06 UTC Severity: ...
Ubuntu Security Notice: perl vulnerability
Perl incorrectly handled the taint attribute ...
Red Hat: CVE-2015-8607
The canonpath function in the File::Spec module in PathTools before 362, as used in Perl, does not properly preserve the taint attribute of data, which might allow context-dependent attackers to bypass the taint protection mechanism via a crafted string ...

References

CWE-20https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=126862http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3441http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/RJBS/PathTools-3.62/Changeshttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2878-1https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00112.htmlhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176228.htmlhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034772http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175494.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/80504https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-75http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.htmlhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.htmlhttps://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=810719https://usn.ubuntu.com/2878-1/https://nvd.nist.gov
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