Improper Input Validation Affecting perl package, versions <5.22.1-4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.65% (80th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-PERL-327663
  • published13 Jan 2016
  • disclosed13 Jan 2016

Introduced: 13 Jan 2016

CVE-2015-8607  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable perl to version 5.22.1-4 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perl package and not the perl package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

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 Scores

version 3.1