CVE-2015-8607
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8607
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2015-8607.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2015-8607
- Downstream
- Published
- 2016-01-13T15:59:01Z
- Modified
- 2026-04-16T06:23:27.949817719Z
- Severity
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- 7.3 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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.
- References
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- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3441
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2878-1
- https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=126862
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-75
- http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/RJBS/PathTools-3.62/Changes
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175494.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176228.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00112.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/80504
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034772
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html