CVE-2015-8607

CVSS V2 High 7.5 CVSS V3 High 7.3
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2015-8607
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-01-13T15:59:01
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-07-15T03:15:12
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:perl:pathtools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 3.61
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • LOW
  • Availability Impact
  • LOW
  • Base Score
  • 7.3
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 3.4
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=126862 Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3441
http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/RJBS/PathTools-3.62/Changes
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2878-1
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00112.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176228.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034772
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175494.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/80504
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-75
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8607
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8607
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:40:52 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 07:54:47 2016-01-13T15:59Z 2016-01-13T15:59:01 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 07:54:47 2020-07-15T03:15:12 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 07:54:47 Modified Vulnerability Status updated