CVE-2015-8607 (GCVE-0-2015-8607)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-01-13 15:00
Modified
2024-08-06 08:20
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
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.org http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/RJBS/PathTools-3.62/Changes
cve@mitre.org http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175494.html
cve@mitre.org http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176228.html
cve@mitre.org http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00112.html
cve@mitre.org http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3441
cve@mitre.org http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/80504
cve@mitre.org http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034772
cve@mitre.org http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2878-1
cve@mitre.org https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731
cve@mitre.org https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=126862 Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-75
cve@mitre.org https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/RJBS/PathTools-3.62/Changes
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175494.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176228.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00112.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3441
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/80504
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034772
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2878-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=126862 Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-75
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
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