CVE-2015-8607 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

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 https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

LOW

Base Score

LOW

Base Severity

7.3