Vulnerability CVE-2015-8607
Published: 2016-01-13

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.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
PERL -> Pathtools 
Debian -> Debian linux 
Canonical -> Ubuntu linux 

 References:
http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/RJBS/PathTools-3.62/Changes
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175494.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176228.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00112.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3441
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/80504
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034772
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2878-1
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731
https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=126862
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-75
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