CVE-2015-8607

high

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.

References

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

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-75

https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=126862

https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2878-1

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034772

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/80504

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3441

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00112.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176228.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175494.html

http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/RJBS/PathTools-3.62/Changes

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-01-13

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.3

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.05664