CVE-2015-8607

Description

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.

Risk Information

Base Score

7.3

MODERATE

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

5.664

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
perl security update(DSA-3501-1) perl_5.20.2-3+deb8u4_i386.deb	Linux
perl security update(DSA-3501-1) perl_5.20.2-3+deb8u4_amd64.deb	Linux
perl security update(DSA-3628-1) perl_5.20.2-3+deb8u6_i386.deb	Linux
perl security update(DSA-3628-1) perl_5.20.2-3+deb8u6_amd64.deb	Linux

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234