lib/Image/ExifTool.pm in ExifTool before 12.38 mishandles a $file =~ /\|$/ check, leading to command injection.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - lib/Image/ExifTool.pm in ExifTool before 12.38 mishandles a $file =~ /\|$/ check, leading to command     injection. (CVE-2022-23935)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202407-27 (ExifTool: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in ExifTool. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced     below for details.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Gentoo Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - lib/Image/ExifTool.pm in ExifTool before 12.38 mishandles a $file =~ /\|$/ check, leading to command
    injection. (CVE-2022-23935)

The version of perl-Image-ExifTool installed on the remote host is prior to 12.38-1.3. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS-2022-1566 advisory.

    lib/Image/ExifTool.pm in ExifTool before 12.38 mishandles a $file =~ /\|$/ check. (CVE-2022-23935)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
229632	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-23935	Nessus	Misc.	Local	high
204127	GLSA-202407-27 : ExifTool: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	Local	high
406287	Alpine: exiftool, multiple perl-image-exiftool packages: security update to 12.40-r0	Tenable Cloud Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	Local	high
406287	Alpine: exiftool, multiple perl-image-exiftool packages: security update to 12.40-r0	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	Local	high
158193	Amazon Linux AMI : perl-Image-ExifTool (ALAS-2022-1566)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	Local	high

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