Improper Input Validation Affecting perl-Module-ScanDeps package, versions <0:1.10-3.amzn2.0.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (19th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-PERLMODULESCANDEPS-8662875
  • published25 Jan 2025
  • disclosed19 Nov 2024

Introduced: 19 Nov 2024

CVE-2024-10224  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 perl-Module-ScanDeps to version 0:1.10-3.amzn2.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2025-2738.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perl-Module-ScanDeps package and not the perl-Module-ScanDeps package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

Qualys discovered that if unsanitized input was used with the library Modules::ScanDeps, before version 1.36 a local attacker could possibly execute arbitrary shell commands by open()ing a "pesky pipe" (such as passing "commands|" as a filename) or by passing arbitrary strings to eval().

CVSS Scores

version 3.1