FKIE_CVE-2015-8607

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-01-13 15:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:34
Severity
7.3 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Summary
The canonpath function in the File::Spec module in PathTools before 3.62, 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
cve@mitre.orghttp://cpansearch.perl.org/src/RJBS/PathTools-3.62/Changes
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175494.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176228.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00112.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3441
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/80504
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034772
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2878-1
cve@mitre.orghttps://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731
cve@mitre.orghttps://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=126862Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-75
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/RJBS/PathTools-3.62/Changes
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175494.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176228.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00112.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3441
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/80504
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034772
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2878-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=126862Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-75
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
canonical ubuntu_linux 15.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 15.10
perl pathtools *
debian debian_linux 8.0
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