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Improper Input Validation Affecting perl package, versions <5.20.2-3+deb8u2

0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.92% (83rd percentile)
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NVD
7.3 high
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Red Hat
4.3 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN8-PERL-327658
  • published 13 Jan 2016
  • disclosed 13 Jan 2016
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Introduced: 13 Jan 2016

CVE-2015-8607 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-20 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 perl to version 5.20.2-3+deb8u2 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:8 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.

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