Alpine: multiple perl-pathtools packages: security update to 3.47-r1 (deprecated)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 401066

Description

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

- 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. (CVE-2015-8607)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 401066

Version: Revision 1.23

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/16/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.8

Percentile: 22.22

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-8607

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/31/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/11/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8607

BID: 80504

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