CPANSA-PathTools-2016-01: PathTools vulnerability
| Publisher | giterlizzi | Document category | csaf_security_advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial release date | 2016-01-11T00:00:00 | Engine | CSAF Perl Toolkit 0.25 |
| Current release date | 2016-01-11T00:00:00 | Build Date | |
| Current version | 1 | Status | final |
| CVSS v3.1 Base Score | 7.3 | Severity | |
| Original language | Language | en | |
| Also referred to | |||
Vulnerability Description
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.
Vulnerabilities
CVE-2015-8607
Vulnerability DescriptionThe 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.
| Weakness | CWE-20 : Improper Input Validation |
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Product status
Known affected
| Product | Score | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PathTools less than 3.62 |
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Fixed
- PathTools greater than or equal 3.62
giterlizzi
Namespace: https://github.com/giterlizzi/
gdt@cpan.org
References
- CPANSA-PathTools-2016-01 JSON self
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/giterlizzi/perl-CPANSA-CSAF/develop/csaf/white/2016/cpansa-pathtools-2016-01.json - https://metacpan.org/changes/distribution/PathTools external
https://metacpan.org/changes/distribution/PathTools - CVE-2015-8607 (NVD) external
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8607
Revision history
| Version | Date of the revision | Summary of the revision |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon Jan 11 00:00:00 2016 | First release |
Sharing rules
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